CVE-2024-34440 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-34440: WordPress AI Engine plugin <= 2.2.63 - Auth. Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Vendor Jordy Meow

Product AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot

Weakness CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload

Published May 13, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Jordy Meow AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot.This issue affects AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot: from n/a through 2.2.63.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot plugin allows authenticated administrators to upload files without proper validation. An attacker with admin access can upload malicious files to compromise the site. The vulnerability affects versions up to 2.2.63. Update to a version newer than 2.2.63 to remediate.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Upload malicious files to the site and execute code if they have admin access.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A compromised admin account can upload files leading to full site takeover and data breach.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator-level privileges on the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 13, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34440 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html AskarLabs — CWE-434 write-up Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-34440

CWE CWE-434

CVSS 9.1 / CRITICAL

Affected versions