GPT AI Power <= 1.4.37 — Missing Authorization
CVE-2023-0405Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.4.37Update to 1.4.38 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.1
- CVSS
- 8.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
AI Puffer – MCP Server for Claude & ChatGPT, with AI Chatbot gpt3-ai-content-generator
- Affected≤ 1.4.37
- Patched in1.4.38
Update to 1.4.38 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.4.37. Version 1.4.38 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under AI Puffer – MCP Server for Claude & ChatGPT, with AI Chatbot.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.4.38, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch AI Puffer – MCP Server for Claude & ChatGPT, with AI Chatbot to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to István Márton.
The GPT AI Power plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on an unknown function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.37. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to update arbitrary posts.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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