# CVE-2023-0405: GPT3 AI Content Writer < 1.4.38 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Content Update

> Logged-in users can modify arbitrary posts due to missing nonce and privilege checks in the GPT AI Power WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 21 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-272q-3rfm-9jxh

## What is CVE-2023-0405?

CVE-2023-0405 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown GPT AI Power: Content Writer & ChatGPT & Image Generator & WooCommerce Product Writer & AI Training, published on 13 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The GPT AI Power: Content Writer & ChatGPT & Image Generator & WooCommerce Product Writer & AI Training WordPress plugin before 1.4.38 does not perform any kind of nonce or privilege checks before letting logged-in users modify arbitrary posts.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0405?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gptaipower Gpt Ai Power.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0405?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0405 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0405 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0405 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0405 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown GPT AI Power: Content Writer & ChatGPT & Image Generator & WooCommerce Product Writer & AI Training, published on 13 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0405 exists.

Affected product: Unknown GPT AI Power: Content Writer & ChatGPT & Image Generator & WooCommerce Product Writer & AI Training. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0405/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0405/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0405
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0405
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0405

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0405/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.