AI Scribe – SEO AI Writer, Content Generator, Humanizer, Blog Writer, SEO Optimizer, DALLE-3, AI WordPress Plugin ChatGPT (GPT-4o 128K) <= 2.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-12606
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published January 9, 2025
Last Updated November 5, 2025
Researcher Peter Thaleikis
Description

The AI Scribe – SEO AI Writer, Content Generator, Humanizer, Blog Writer, SEO Optimizer, DALLE-3, AI WordPress Plugin ChatGPT (GPT-4o 128K) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the engine_request_data() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ai-scribe-the-chatgpt-powered-seo-content-creation-wizard (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5
Patched Version
  • 2.6
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