CVE-2023-5204

Summary

CVE-2023-5204 is a vulnerability affecting the ChatBot plugin for WordPress. This issue allows unauthenticated attackers to inject SQL queries through the $strid parameter, which is insufficiently escaped and appended to existing queries. As a result, sensitive information from the database can be extracted. Versions up to and including 4.8.9 are vulnerable to this attack. WordPress users running these older versions are urged to apply the necessary patches or updates to mitigate this risk.

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