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medium 5.3

CVE-2024-6845 json

SmartSearchWP < 2.4.6 - Unauthenticated OpenAI Key Disclosure

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-47848

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress plugin before 2.4.6 does not have proper authorization in one of its REST endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the encoded key and then decode it, thereby leaking the OpenAI API key

Patch / fix

  • Unknown Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress 2.4.6
  • smartsearchwp chatbot_with_chatgpt_wordpress 2.4.6

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cfaaa843-d89e-42d4-90d9-988293499d26/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Unknown Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress
  • smartsearchwp chatbot_with_chatgpt_wordpress

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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