CVE-2024-0378
Published: 02 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-0378 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jordymeow Ai Engine. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 8.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.
Deeper analysis
The AI Engine: Chatbots, Generators, Assistants, GPT 4 and more! plugin for WordPress is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) in all versions through 2.2.0. The flaw occurs when discussion tracking is enabled and stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on AI chat data, allowing arbitrary script injection into pages that render the chat content.
Unauthenticated attackers can supply malicious chat data that is stored by the plugin and later executed in the browsers of users who view the affected pages. Successful exploitation yields the ability to perform actions on behalf of the victim user within the WordPress site context, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 reflecting network-accessible attack complexity that requires no authentication or user interaction.
The referenced Wordfence advisory and WordPress plugin repository changesets document the availability of a patched version that addresses the sanitization and escaping deficiencies. No public information is provided on real-world exploitation activity. The associated EPSS scores remain low, moving only modestly between 0.0624 and a peak of 0.0796.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-16174
Vulnerability details
The AI Engine: Chatbots, Generators, Assistants, GPT 4 and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the AI chat data when discussion tracking is enabled in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 due to insufficient…
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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.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- Enterprise AI Assistants
- Risk Domain
- Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- The vulnerability affects the 'AI Engine: Chatbots, Generators, Assistants, GPT 4 and more!' WordPress plugin, which provides AI chatbots, generators, and assistants, aligning with Enterprise AI Assistants category.
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unauthenticated stored XSS in WordPress plugin enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript (T1059.007), facilitating theft of credentials from web browsers (T1503) and web session cookies (T1539).
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.