Vulnerability · Published Jan 22, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-12879WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot <= 13.5.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Simple Text Response Creation
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot from QuantumCloud. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'qc_wp_latest_update_check_pro' function in all versions up to, and including, 13.5.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create Simple Text Responses to chat queries.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| QuantumCloud | WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot | 0 – through 13.5.5 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N