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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12879
CVE-2024-12879:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-12879, discovered and disclosed on January 22, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 13.5.5 of the plugin. This security issue stems from a missing capability check on the 'qcwplatestupdatecheck_pro' function (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a missing authorization issue (CWE-862) that allows unauthorized modification of data. The CVSS v3.1 score is 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and required low privileges (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability enables authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to create Simple Text Responses to chat queries, potentially leading to unauthorized modification of chatbot responses (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 13.5.6 or later of the WPBot Pro plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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