AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS <= 2.0.9 - Missing Authorization
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.1.0
- Affected Plugin
- AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS
- Affected Version
<= 2.0.9- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-7714
At a glance
CVE-2024-7714 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0.9. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.1.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2024, reported by Kieran Burge.
Vulnerability Overview
The AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions like 'ays_chatgpt_disconnect' hooked via an AJAX action ays_chatgpt_admin_ajax in versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to perform unauthorized actions like disconnecting the plugin.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS <= 2.0.9 carries this weakness at ays_chatgpt_disconnect, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS the fix is 2.1.0: builds <= 2.0.9 are affected, anything from 2.1.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.1.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS 2.1.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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