MxChat WordPress Plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress plugin, affecting all versions through 3.2.10. The vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary scripts into pages. These scripts execute when users access the affected pages. This issue is present in multi-site installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user viewing the page.

Remediation

Users can update to version 3.2.11 or a newer patched version to address this vulnerability.