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GHSA-3WW9-9G46-XW9X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-28 12:31 – Updated: 2026-07-28 12:31

Details

The WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.9 via the wpbot_send_email_transcript_free. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to exfiltrate full chat transcripts and associated user PII — including names, email addresses, and phone numbers — stored in the wpbot_user and wpbot_conversation tables to an attacker-controlled email address.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-16773 (GCVE-0-2026-16773)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-28 11:32 – Updated: 2026-07-28 19:18

Title

WPBot <= 8.5.9 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'wpbot_send_email_transcript' AJAX Action

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-28 19:18 UTC

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbo…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbo…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbo…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbo…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?repo…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
quantumcloud	WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services	Affected: 0 , ≤ 8.5.9 (semver)

Credits

Wordfence PRISM

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