vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wpbot-pro: CVE-2024-12879: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 21, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 21, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
wpbot-pro-plugin-cve-2024-12879
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12879
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91427e3e-fedb-407e-8af6-8f4411a4166a?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-51165
- CVE-2024-12879
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-12879
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-51165
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