← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-5241 · published 19 October 2023

CVE-2023-5241: Quantumcloud wpbot path traversal vulnerability

Quantumcloud · Wpbot

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 "<?php" to any existing file on the server resulting in potential DoS when appended to critical files such as wp-config.php.

8.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 2.1% · top 19.4% CWE-22 · Path traversal
8.1CVSS 3.1 base score
2.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
7References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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 "<?php" to any existing file on the server resulting in potential DoS when appended to critical files such as wp-config.php.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php#L376 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%4 Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d27-26ce215e0993?source=cve Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175371/WordPress-AI-ChatBot-4.8.9-SQL-Injection-Traversal-File-Deletion.html Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/trunk/includes/openai/qcld-bot-openai.php#L376 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2977505%40chatbot%2Ftrunk&old=2967435%4 Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25199281-5286-4d75-8d27-26ce215e0993?source=cve Third Party Advisory

Track CVE-2023-5241 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

9.8CVE-2024-22309Quantumcloud wpbot deserialization of untrusted data vulnerabilityDeserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in QuantumCloud ChatBot with AI.This issue affects ChatBot with AI: from n/a through 5.1.0.EPSS 0.52%9.8CVE-2023-5533Quantumcloud wpbot missing authorization vulnerabilityThe AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to missing capability checks on the corresponding functions…EPSS 0.53%9.8CVE-2023-1650Quantumcloud wpbot deserialization of untrusted data vulnerabilityThe AI ChatBot WordPress plugin before 4.4.7 unserializes user input from cookies via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, which could …EPSS 34%8.8CVE-2023-44993Quantumcloud wpbot cross-site request forgery vulnerabilityCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in QuantumCloud AI ChatBot plugin <= 4.7.8 versions.EPSS 0.21%8.1CVE-2023-5212Quantumcloud wpbot path traversal vulnerabilityThe 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 m…EPSS 1.6%7.7CVE-2024-0452Quantumcloud wpbot improper access control vulnerabilityThe AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the openai_file_upload_ca…EPSS 0.36%7.7CVE-2024-0453Quantumcloud wpbot improper access control vulnerabilityThe AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the openai_file_delete_ca…EPSS 0.36%7.5CVE-2023-5204Quantumcloud wpbot sql injection vulnerabilityThe ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the $strid parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 due to insufficient …EPSS 6.8%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-5241), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.