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

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2023-5533
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	October 11, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Marco Wotschka

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	chatbot (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 4.8.9 4.9.2 - 4.9.2
Patched Version	4.9.1 4.9.3

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