CVE-2023-5533 AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Missing Authorization on AJAX actions

What is CVE-2023-5533?

CVE-2023-5533 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in quantumcloud WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services, published on 20 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to missing capability checks on the corresponding functions in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as 4.9.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform some of those actions that were intended for higher privileged users.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5533?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quantumcloud Wpbot.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5533?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5533 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-5533 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5533 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in quantumcloud WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services

• CVE-2023-5204 AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via qc_wpbo_search_response Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-1650 ChatBot < 4.4.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-5212 Path traversal in WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-5241 Path traversal in WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-22309 WordPress ChatBot Plugin <= 5.1.0 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection High 8.7

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2023-5656, GHSA-3rhv-vcmv-prv6.