CVE-2023-5241

AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Write via qcld_openai_upload_pagetraining_file

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

AI ChatBot para WordPress es vulnerable a Directory Traversal en versiones hasta 4.8.9 y 4.9.2 incluida a través de la función qcld_openai_upload_pagetraining_file. Esto permite a atacantes a nivel de suscriptor agregar "

WordPress AI ChatBot plugin versions 4.8.9 and below suffer from arbitrary file deletion, remote SQL injection, and directory traversal vulnerabilities.

*Credits: Marco Wotschka

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-27 CVE Reserved
2023-10-11 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.html	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php#L376	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d27-26ce215e0993?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	2023-12-22

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Quantumcloud Search vendor "Quantumcloud"		Ai Chatbot Search vendor "Quantumcloud" for product "Ai Chatbot"				< 4.9.1 Search vendor "Quantumcloud" for product "Ai Chatbot" and version " < 4.9.1"		wordpress		Affected
Quantumcloud Search vendor "Quantumcloud"		Ai Chatbot Search vendor "Quantumcloud" for product "Ai Chatbot"				4.9.2 Search vendor "Quantumcloud" for product "Ai Chatbot" and version "4.9.2"		wordpress		Affected