CVE-2024-0447 ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WordPress WebSites <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the ArtiBot WordPress plugin.
- 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-2024-0447?
CVE-2024-0447 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WebSites, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ArtiBot Free Chat Bot for WordPress WebSites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the artibot_update function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0447?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Artibot Artibot.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0447?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0447 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-2024-0447 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0447 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-65j2-v64r-f5cv.