CVE-2024-2956

Simple Ajax Chat <= 20231101 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Mar 27, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-27897 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.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Title Simple Ajax Chat <= 20231101 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 5:11 PM
Reserved
Mar 26, 2024, 7:10 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Mar 27, 2024, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:25 AM