CVE-2023-6985 10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant <= 1.0.18 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation
Authenticated subscribers can install arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to site compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-6985?
CVE-2023-6985 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in 10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The 10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be used to gain further access to a compromised site.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6985?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 10web Ai Assistant.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6985 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-2023-6985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-47q6-36gc-6phg.