# CVE-2024-1983: Simple Ajax Chat < 20240223 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via chat names, leading to stored XSS affecting other users.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m8qw-mppg-7364

## What is CVE-2024-1983?

CVE-2024-1983 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Ajax Chat , published on 20 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Simple Ajax Chat  WordPress plugin before 20240223 does not prevent visitors from using malicious Names when using the chat, which will be reflected unsanitized to other users.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1983?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Plugin-Planet Simple Ajax Chat.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1983?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1983 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1983 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Ajax Chat 

- [CVE-2024-2470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2470/): Simple Ajax Chat < 20240412 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-27850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27850/): WordPress Simple Ajax Chat plugin <= 20220115 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-27849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27849/): WordPress Simple Ajax Chat plugin <= 20220115 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-25610](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25610/): WordPress Simple Ajax Chat plugin <= 20220115 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (low 3.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1983 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1983 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Ajax Chat , published on 20 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1983 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Simple Ajax Chat . No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1983/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1983/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1983
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1983
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1983

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1983/
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