# CVE-2024-48396: AIML Chatbot 1.0 (fixed in 2.0) is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS).

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-25 · Updated: 2024-10-30

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

AIML Chatbot 1.0 (fixed in 2.0) is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability is exploited through the message input field, where attackers can inject malicious HTML or JavaScript code. The chatbot fails to sanitize these inputs, leading to the execution of malicious scripts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://jacobmasse.medium.com/reflected-xss-in-popular-ai-chatbot-application-79de74ea0cc8
- https://github.com/sohelamin/chatbot

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