MxChat – AI Chatbot for WordPress <= 2.5.5 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
Priority LOW 30CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The MxChat – AI Chatbot for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5 via upload filenames. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract session values that can subsequently be used to access conversation data.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00348 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12585
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c747-74wf-px98
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cf1a90d-6157-40e7-aed8-4d18bc22432d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mxchat-basic/trunk/includes/class-mxchat-integrator.php#L107
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3406402%40mxchat-basic&new=3406402%40mxchat-basic&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-12585
- https://ryankozak.com/posts/cve-2025-12585
More mxchat vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-81749 Stored DOM-based cross-site scripting in MxChat WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-09799 MxChat – AI Chatbot for WordPress <= 2.4.6 - Unauthenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-11064 MxChat <= 3.2.10 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'intro_message' Setting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-12585 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12585 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c747-74wf-px98 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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