The WP Chat App plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install the filebird plugin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00243.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
ninjateam WP Chat App unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected
≤ 3.6.8

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Vendor Product Confidence Versions
Ninjateam Wp Chat App — —
Wordpress Wordpress — —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-33167 The WP Chat App plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install the filebird plugin.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-whatsapp/tags/3.6.7/includes/Cross.php#L206 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-whatsapp/trunk/includes/Cross.php#L206 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3186930/wp-whatsapp/trunk/includes/Cross.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26f73bfe-f41a-4045-9d72-21181a9a704f?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:45:00 +0000

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Description The WP Chat App plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install the filebird plugin.
Title WP Chat App <= 3.6.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Filebird Plugin Installation
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-16T15:09:05.849Z

Reserved: 2024-10-30T11:17:34.229Z

Link: CVE-2024-10533

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-16T15:08:52.535Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-11-16T04:15:04.810

Modified: 2024-11-18T17:11:17.393

Link: CVE-2024-10533

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:00:52Z

Weaknesses