CVE-2023-5241 (GCVE-0-2023-5241)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-19 05:34
Modified
2026-04-08 16:42
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
The AI ChatBot for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as 4.9.2 via the qcld_openai_upload_pagetraining_file function. This allows subscriber-level attackers to append "<?php" to any existing file on the server resulting in potential DoS when appended to critical files such as wp-config.php.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| quantumcloud | WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services |
Version: 0 ≤ 4.8.9 Version: 4.9.2 |
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