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CVE-2023-5241

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5241 is a Directory Traversal vulnerability affecting the AI ChatBot for WordPress plugin, specifically versions up to 4.8.9 and 4.9.2. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level privileges to append "<?php" to arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to Denial of Service (DoS) by corrupting critical files like wp-config.php. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
4.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d27-26ce215e0993
Third Party Advisory