CVE-2024-5993 Cliengo - Chatbot <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authorized (Subscriber+) Chatbot Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify chatbot session tokens due to missing capability checks in the Cliengo 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-2024-5993?
CVE-2024-5993 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cliengo – Chatbot, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Cliengo – Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_session' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the session token of the chatbot.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5993?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5993?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5993 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-2024-5993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5993 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8g56-r329-q772.