CVE-2024-12879

WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot <= 13.5.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Simple Text Response Creation

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 22, 2025 at 05:23 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:00 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWpotWPBot

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Wpot· Quantumcloudwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 13.5.6
Affected range stops below 13.5.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
WPBot· Quantumcloudwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 13.5.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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