CVE-2024-13791 Path traversal in Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist
Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary files on the server via path traversal in the Bit Assist WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13791?
CVE-2024-13791 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in bitpressadmin Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist, published on 14 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Bit Assist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 via the downloadResponseFile() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13791?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitapps Bit Assist.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13791?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13791 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-13791 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13791 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in bitpressadmin Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist
- CVE-2025-0822 Bit Assist <= 1.5.2 - Path Traversal to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via fileID Parameter
- CVE-2025-0821 Bit Assist <= 1.5.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via id Parameter
- CVE-2023-51371 WordPress Bit Assist Plugin <= 1.1.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-3667 Bit Assist < 1.1.9 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jh7g-2jh2-mwq7.