WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot <= 13.5.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Simple Text Response Creation
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 13.5.6
- Affected Plugin
- WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot
- Affected Version
<= 13.5.5- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-12879
At a glance
CVE-2024-12879 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 13.5.5. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 13.5.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2025, reported by BrokenAC ignore.
Vulnerability Overview
The WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'qc_wp_latest_update_check_pro' function in all versions up to, and including, 13.5.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create Simple Text Responses to chat queries.
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 interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot <= 13.5.5 carries this weakness at qc_wp_latest_update_check_pro, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. 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 WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot the fix is 13.5.6: builds <= 13.5.5 are affected, anything from 13.5.6 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 13.5.6, 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: WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot 13.5.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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