AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS <= 2.0.9 - Unauthenticated OpenAI Key Exposure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-7713
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published September 5, 2024
Last Updated October 4, 2024
Researcher Kieran Burge
Description

The AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9 via the ays_chatgpt_admin_ajax AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the OpenAI key connected to the site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ays-chatgpt-assistant (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.9
Patched Version
  • 2.1.0
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