vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: chatbot: CVE-2023-5241: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C) | Oct 11, 2023 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 11, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
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 "less than?php" to any existing file on the server resulting in potential DoS when appended to critical files such as wp-config.php.
Solution
chatbot-plugin-cve-2023-5241
References
Rapid7 Labs
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