Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in AI ChatBot Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5212

9.6CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WPbot – Ai Chatbot For Live Support, Lead Generation, Ai Services
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-5212?

The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with subscriber privileges to delete arbitrary files on the server. This flaw, present in versions up to 4.8.9 and also in version 4.9.2, can lead to complete site takeover for affected installations, as well as other sites sharing the same hosting environment. The issue was initially addressed in version 4.9.1 but was later reintroduced and subsequently fixed in 4.9.3.

Affected Version(s)

WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services 0 <= 4.8.9

WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services 4.9.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.6
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
Chloe Chamberland
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