CVE-2025-11256 (GCVE-0-2025-11256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-18 07:26 – Updated: 2025-10-20 17:38
VLAI?
Title
Kognetiks Chatbot <= 2.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited File Uploads and Conversation Erasing
Summary
The Kognetiks Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload limited safe files and erase conversations.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kognetiks Kognetiks Chatbot Affected: * , ≤ 2.3.5 (semver)
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Credits
Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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