CVE-2024-0453: The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check
Summary
The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress (up to version 5.3.4) has a security flaw where a function called openai_file_delete_callback lacks a capability check (verification that a user has permission to perform an action). This allows any authenticated user with subscriber-level access or higher to delete files from a connected OpenAI account without proper authorization.
Vulnerability Details
5(medium)
EPSS: 0.2%
Classification
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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0453
First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:49 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%