CVE-2023-5533 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2023-5533

AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Missing Authorization on AJAX actions

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to missing capability checks on the corresponding functions in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as 4.9.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform some of those actions that were intended for higher privileged users.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Marco Wotschka

References

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Affected Vendor

quantumcloud

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Affected Software

WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services

Vulnerable Versions:

0, 4.9.2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 20th, 2023

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1531 Account Access Removal