CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-3245

MediumCVSS 4.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.39%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Floating Chat Widget WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to XSS attacks that could lead to data theft or takeover of accounts with high privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Floating Chat Widget plugin to version 3.1.2 or later to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

The Floating Chat Widget WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS