CVE-2023-5241: critical vulnerability in quantumcloud WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live…
AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Write via qcld_openai_upload_pagetraining_file
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48Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 9.6epss 2.6%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
public PoCs found — 1
cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.htmlunverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.htmlhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php#L376https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d27-26ce215e0993?source=cve