Site Checkup AI Troubleshooting with Wizard and Tips for Each Issue <= 1.47 - Unauthenticated Log File Poisoning

2025-10-29 00:00
Jonas Benjamin Friedli

Vulnerability Overview

The Site Checkup Debug AI Troubleshooting with Wizard and Tips for Each Issue plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to log file poisoning in all versions up to, and including, 1.47. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to insert arbitrary content into log files, and potentially cause denial of service via disk space exhaustion.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.48, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-117 (Improper Output Neutralization for Logs) The product constructs a log message from external input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements when the message is written to a log file.

External References

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