CVE-2023-5533 is a critical vulnerability affecting the AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 4.8.9 and 4.9.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute AJAX actions intended for higher-privileged users due to missing capability checks. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.8.9CPE 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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.