CVE-2024-5993 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-5993: Cliengo - Chatbot <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authorized (Subscriber+) Chatbot Settings Update

Vendor Cliengo

Product Cliengo – Chatbot

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published July 9, 2024

Last update April 8, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Cliengo – Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_session' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the session token of the chatbot.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 9, 2024 CVE published

April 8, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5993 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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