# CVE-2024-11143: Cross-site request forgery in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress

> Attackers can trick administrators into modifying chatbot assistants via forged requests due to missing nonce validation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rp2q-vm9w-w2jm

## What is CVE-2024-11143?

CVE-2024-11143 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress, published on 13 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_assistant, add_new_assistant, and delete_assistant functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify assistants via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11143?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kognetiks Kognetiks Chatbot.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11143?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11143 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11143 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress

- [CVE-2024-10684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10684/): Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress <= 2.1.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-10529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10529/): Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress <= 2.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Assistant Deletion (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-10531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10531/): Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress <= 2.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Assistant Update (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-10530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10530/): Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress <= 2.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Assistant Addition (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11143 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11143 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress, published on 13 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. 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-2024-11143/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11143/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11143
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11143
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11143

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11143/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.