CVE-2023-5241

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 v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php#L376	Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d27-26ce215e0993?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:ai_chatbot::::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:ai_chatbot:4.9.2:::::wordpress::

History

22 Dec 2023, 19:02

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-19 06:15

Updated : 2024-02-05 00:01

NVD link : CVE-2023-5241

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5241

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5241

JSON object : View

Products Affected

quantumcloud

ai_chatbot

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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