Chat Bubble: Cross-site scripting
Chat Bubble is affected by cross-site scripting. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Chat Bubble
- Plugin slug
chat-bubble- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 14, 2022
This CVE was published Nov 14, 2022 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Chat Bubble to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Chat Bubble WordPress plugin before 2.3 does not sanitise and escape some contact parameters, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to set Stored Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them, which will trigger when an admin view the related contact message
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N