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.
Published: 2023-10-19
Score: 9.6 Critical
EPSS: 2.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-57568 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.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Write via qcld_openai_upload_pagetraining_file

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 12 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Quantumcloud wpbot
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:ai_chatbot:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:ai_chatbot:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quantumcloud:wpbot:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Quantumcloud ai Chatbot
Quantumcloud wpbot

Subscriptions

Quantumcloud Wpbot
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:42:20.846Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T18:46:43.130Z

Link: CVE-2023-5241

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.533Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-19T06:15:11.690

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:17:06.743

Link: CVE-2023-5241

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses