CVE-2024-12879 Missing authorization in WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot
Authenticated subscribers can create chatbot text responses due to missing capability checks, allowing unauthorized data modification.
- 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-2024-12879?
CVE-2024-12879 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in QuantumCloud WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot, published on 22 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'qc_wp_latest_update_check_pro' function in all versions up to, and including, 13.5.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create Simple Text Responses to chat queries.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12879?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quantumcloud Wpot.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12879?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12879 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-2024-12879 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12879 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qh7h-h3qq-5fc6.