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

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-5533
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 11, 2023
Last Updated October 23, 2023
Researcher Marco Wotschka - Wordfence

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.

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Vulnerability Details for AI ChatBot for WordPress – WPBot

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug chatbot (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 4.9.1, 4.9.3
Affected Versions
  • 4.9.2
  • <= 4.8.9
Patched Versions
  • 4.9.1
  • 4.9.3

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