What is CVE-2023-4254?

CVE-2023-4254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quantumcloud Wpbot, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-4254?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4254 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Quantumcloud Wpbot

CVE-2023-4254

The AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 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)

Published 2023-09-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Quantumcloud Wpbot
Ai Chatbot — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dfffe48-e60d-4bab-b194-8a63554246c3 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4254?: CVE-2023-4254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quantumcloud Wpbot, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-4254?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4254 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.