AI Marketing Expert <= 1.2.8 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'name' Parameter
Impact
The AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires only that the chatbot module is active with at least one configured bot; the…
Source excerpt · WordfenceExploitation requires only that the chatbot module is active with at least one configured bot; the attacker stores the payload via three unauthenticated REST calls, and the JavaScript widget auto-poll then delivers it to any administrator who opens wp-admin/index.php.
Affected packages
Affected products
Vendor version evidence. Product records are separate from automatic dependency matching.
nalam-1 · AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot
Other versions: unaffected
| Version / range | Source status |
|---|---|
| 0 through 1.2.8 (inclusive) | affected |
Original source description
The AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires only that the chatbot module is active with at least one configured bot; the attacker stores the payload via three unauthenticated REST calls, and the JavaScript widget auto-poll then delivers it to any administrator who opens wp-admin/index.php.
References
- Security advisory www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9792f1aa-6137-4427-8f56-32d598fcc20d
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/assets/js/dashboard-widget.js
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/assets/js/dashboard-widget.js
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/assets/js/dashboard-widget.js
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/includes/admin/class-dashboard-widget.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/includes/admin/class-dashboard-widget.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/modules/chatbot/controllers/class-public-controller.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/modules/chatbot/controllers/class-public-controller.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/modules/chatbot/class-chatbot-rest-controller.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/tags/1.2.9