CVE-2023-5533

AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Missing Authorization on AJAX actions

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

4.9.1

Patched in

104d

Time to patch

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 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=4.8.9

PublishedOctober 11, 2023

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginchatbot

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9db002f-ff41-493a-87b1-5f0b4b07cfc2?source=api-prod

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