Input validation vulnerability in Powerful Auto Chat 1.9.8

A popular plugin called “Powerful Auto Chat” for WordPress has a security issue called Stored Cross-Site Scripting. This happens in all versions up to 1.9.8 because the plugin does not properly clean up input and output. This means that someone who is logged in and has at least Subscriber-level access can add their own web scripts to pages. These scripts will run whenever someone visits the page where they were added.

Detected in:

Powerful Auto Chat open vulnerable versions: >= * <= 1.9.8

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