Subscriber-level assistant creation via missing capability check
Published Nov 13, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to create GPT assistants. The add_new_assistant() handler creates an assistant without checking whether the caller has the required WordPress capability. Subscriber-level access is sufficient; the documented consequence is unauthorized assistant creation, with no reported data reading or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to create GPT assistants. The add_new_assistant() handler creates an assistant without checking whether the caller has the required WordPress capability. Subscriber-level access is sufficient; the documented consequence is unauthorized assistant creation, with no reported data reading or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-10530
- Published
- Nov 13, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Kognetiks
- Product
- Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-862
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.1.7
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