CVE-2025-11256
Kognetiks Chatbot <= 2.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited File Uploads and Conversation Erasing
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Oct 18, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 3, 2025
Description
The Kognetiks Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload limited safe files and erase conversations.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPresskognetiks |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c8fe389-ff44-4be3-889b-0006977f4f3c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3380317%40chatbot-chatgpt&new=3380317%40chatbot-chatgpt&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3380313%40chatbot-chatgpt&new=3380313%40chatbot-chatgpt&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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