Critical severity · published Oct 20, 2023
CVE-2023-5533
The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to missing capability checks on the corresponding functions in versions up to, and…
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to missing capability checks on the corresponding functions in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as 4.9.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform some of those actions that were intended for higher privileged users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
Wpbot · Quantumcloud
through 4.8.9; 4.9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5533
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5533
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9db002f-ff41-493a-87b1-5f0b4b07cfc2?source=cve
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