CVE-2024-5992: Cliengo - Chatbot <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Chatbot Settings Update

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Cliengo – Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_chatbot_token' and 'update_chatbot_position' functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change chatbot settings, which can lead to unavailability or other changes to the chatbot.

Affected products

Cliengo-Chatbot: through 3.0.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3118688/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7f0afe8-234a-4c3f-87c8-f3f23ac94fe3?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cliengo/trunk/admin/class-cliengo-form.php#L80
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cliengo/trunk/admin/class-cliengo-form.php#L99
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7f0afe8-234a-4c3f-87c8-f3f23ac94fe3?source=cve

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