{"id":"CVE-2023-5212","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9  and 4.9.2- Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via qcld_openai_delete_training_file","description":"The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as version 4.9.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber privileges to delete arbitrary files on the server, which makes it possible to take over affected sites as well as others sharing the same hosting account. Version 4.9.1 originally addressed the issue, but it was reintroduced in 4.9.2 and fixed again in 4.9.3.","publishedAt":"2023-10-19T05:34:11.570Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-08T16:55:18.812Z","severity":{"score":9.6,"label":"Critical","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","source":"Wordfence"},"assigner":"Wordfence","products":["quantumcloud WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services"],"affected":[{"vendor":"quantumcloud","product":"WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.8.9","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.9.2","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b3f4ccb-fcc6-42ec-8e9e-03d69ae7acf2?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php?rev=2957286#L576","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.html"],"weaknesses":["CWE-22"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:42.242Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5212.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-5212","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2023-10-19T05:34:11.570Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:55:18.812Z","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateReserved":"2023-09-26T21:05:50.529Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9  and 4.9.2- Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via qcld_openai_delete_training_file","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as version 4.9.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber privileges to delete arbitrary files on the server, which makes it possible to take over affected sites as well as others sharing the same hosting account. Version 4.9.1 originally addressed the issue, but it was reintroduced in 4.9.2 and fixed again in 4.9.3."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"quantumcloud","product":"WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.8.9","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.9.2","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b3f4ccb-fcc6-42ec-8e9e-03d69ae7acf2?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php?rev=2957286#L576"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.6,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-22","lang":"en","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Wordfence","orgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:55:18.812Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Marco Wotschka"},{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Chloe Chamberland"}],"timeline":[{"time":"2023-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Discovered"},{"time":"2023-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Disclosed"}]},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b3f4ccb-fcc6-42ec-8e9e-03d69ae7acf2?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php?rev=2957286#L576","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.html","tags":["x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T07:52:07.778Z"}}]}}}