ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WordPress WebSites <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2024-0447
CVSS	Medium (5)
Publicly Published	February 26, 2024
Last Updated	July 29, 2024
Researcher	Francesco Carlucci

Description

The ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WordPress WebSites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the artibot_update function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin settings.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	artibot (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.1.6
Patched Version	1.1.7

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