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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-1020

Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 SQL Injection

Published Nov 27, 2023 · catalog updated Nov 27, 2023 · Steveas WP Live Chat

Patch now

CVE-2023-1020 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Steveas WP Live Chat against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Steveas WP Live Chat).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
4.95%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor wp_live_chat_shoutbox_project wp_live_chat_shoutbox

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor wp_live_chat_shoutbox_project wp_live_chat_shoutboxversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-1020

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-1020 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Steveas WP Live Chat against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 4.95%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 27, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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.

  2. Nov 27, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-1020

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-1020

    30-day exploitation probability 4.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-1020

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.