CVE-2025-11256 (GCVE-0-2025-11256)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-18 07:26
Modified
2026-04-08 16:40
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
Summary
The Kognetiks Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload limited safe files and erase conversations.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kognetiks | Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress |
Version: 0 ≤ 2.3.5 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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