CVE-2023-1020

Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox <= 1.4.2 - Unauthenticated SQLi

Basic Information

CVE State: PUBLISHED
Reserved Date: February 24, 2023
Published Date: April 24, 2023
Last Updated: February 04, 2025
Vendor: Unknown
Product: Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox
Description: The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.
Tags

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Score: 80.43% (Percentile: 99.07%) as of 2025-06-13

SSVC Information

Exploitation: poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical Impact: total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild: Yes (2025-06-12 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e5aa9a3-65a0-47d6-bc26-a2fb6cb073ff

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source	Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL)	2025-06-13 12:00:12 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner	URL	Date Detected
Nuclei	https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-1020.yaml	2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Timeline

CVE ID Reserved

February 24, 2023
CVE Published to Public

April 24, 2023
Detected by Nuclei

April 26, 2025
Added to KEVIntel

June 13, 2025