10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant <= 1.0.18 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-6985
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published January 25, 2024
Last Updated July 29, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The 10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be used to gain further access to a compromised site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ai-assistant-by-10web (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.18
Patched Version
  • 1.0.19
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