CVE-2023-5241

moderate-risk
Published 2023-10-19

The AI ChatBot for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as 4.9.2 via the qcld_openai_upload_pagetraining_file function. This allows subscriber-level attackers to append "<?php" to any existing file on the server resulting in potential DoS when appended to critical files such as wp-config.php.

Do I need to act?

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2.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.6/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Quantumcloud

References (7)

Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bo...
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d2...
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injec...
Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bo...
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d2...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low