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CVE-2023-6985

MEDIUM
Published 2024-02-05T21:21:36.980Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.062
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 6.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.903
Higher than 90.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
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Availability
Not Available

Description

The 10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be used to gain further access to a compromised site.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

WordPress Vulnerability

Identified and analyzed by Wordfence

Software Type

Plugin

Patch Status

Patched

Published

January 25, 2024

Software Details

Software Name

10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant

Software Slug

ai-assistant-by-10web

Affected Versions

* - 1.0.18

Patched Versions

1.0.19

Remediation

Update to version 1.0.19, or a newer patched version

© Defiant Inc. Data provided by Wordfence.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-47q6-36gc-6phg

Advisory Details

The 10Web AI Assistant – AI content writing assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be used to gain further access to a compromised site.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 6, 2024, Modified: February 13, 2024

References

Published: 2024-02-05T21:21:36.980Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-02T08:50:06.919Z
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