CVE-2026-5294

GeekyBot <= 1.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation via 'geekybot_frontendajax' AJAX Action

2026-05-04 15:26

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.2.3
Affected Plugin: Geeky Bot – AI Sales Assistant for WooCommerce
Affected Version: <= 1.2.2
CVSS: 9.8Critical
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2026-5294

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At a glance

CVE-2026-5294 is a critical-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Geeky Bot WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.2. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.2.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2026, reported by kiemtiendinhau.

Vulnerability Overview

The Geeky Bot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to a nopriv AJAX route allowing attacker-controlled model/function dispatch and reaching a plugin installer helper that downloads and unzips attacker-supplied ZIP files into wp-content/plugins/. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary plugin installation and achieve remote code execution.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Geeky Bot <= 1.2.2 takes no account at all. 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 Geeky Bot the fix is 1.2.3: builds <= 1.2.2 are affected, anything from 1.2.3 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.2.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Geeky Bot 1.2.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5294 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1817c58-e807-4ef2-a382-28ca2fd5239e https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5294

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Geeky Bot – AI Sales Assistant for WooCommerce

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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