CVE

CVE-2023-5204

9.8

CVSScritical

Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.

Description

The ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the $strid parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req.

None

User Interaction

None

wpbot – ai chatbot for live support, lead generation, ai services

Updated Nov 10, 2026View on NVD →

S4E scanner

criticalProduct Based Web Vulnerabilities~10 seconds

WordPress AI ChatBot (WPBot) <= 4.8.9 - SQL Injection

ChatBot plugin for WordPress up to 4.8.9 contains a sql_injection caused by insufficient escaping and lack of preparation on the $strid parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers extract sensitive data, exploit requires no authentication. References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5204 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/chatbot/chatbot-489-unauthenticated-sql-injection-via-qc-wpbo-search-response https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/qcld-wpwbot-search.php?rev=2957286#L177 Remediation: Update to the latest version of the plugin that addresses this vulnerability, or apply security patches provided by the vendor.

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