Vulnerability · Published Jul 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-5992Cliengo - Chatbot <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Chatbot Settings Update
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Cliengo – Chatbot from cliengo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Cliengo – Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_chatbot_token' and 'update_chatbot_position' functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change chatbot settings, which can lead to unavailability or other changes to the chatbot.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cliengo | Cliengo – Chatbot | 0 – through 3.0.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7f0afe8-234a-4c3f-87c8-f3f23ac94fe3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3118688/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cliengo/trunk/admin/class-cliengo-form.php#L80 x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cliengo/trunk/admin/class-cliengo-form.php#L99 x_transferred