CVE-2024-2956
Simple Ajax Chat <= 20231101 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 20231101 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | specialk |
| Product | simple ajax chat – add a fast, secure chat box |
| Published | Mar 27, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
specialk / Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box
0 ≤ 20231101
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e9e0214-b88e-4125-8c10-850ca736e920?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3037001%40simple-ajax-chat&new=3037001%40simple-ajax-chat&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Credits
Vincent Fourcade