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CVE-2023-5533

29
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9db002f-ff41-493a-87b1-5f0b4b07cfc2
ProductThird Party Advisory