CVE-2023-5533

AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Missing Authorization on AJAX actions

5.3 Medium

The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to missing capability checks on the corresponding functions in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9 as well as 4.9.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform some of those actions that were intended for higher privileged users.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.64%Up 0.6 points since Oct 20, 2023

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

AI ChatBot <= 4.8.9 and 4.9.2 - Missing Authorization on AJAX actions

Record: CVE-2023-5533
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-57845 5.3

Record: EUVD-2023-57845
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3rhv-vcmv-prv6 5.3

The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to...

The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of AJAX actions due to missing capability checks on the corresponding functions in versions up to, and including, 4.8.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform some of those actions that were intended for higher privileged users.

Record: GHSA-3rhv-vcmv-prv6
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.3

Record: CVE-2023-5533
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-5533 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Quantumcloud Wpbot, published October 20, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.