WP-Chatbot for Messenger <= 4.9 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Chatbot Configuration Takeover
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The WP-Chatbot for Messenger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.9. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the site's MobileMonkey API token and company ID options, which can be used to hijack chatbot configuration and redirect visitor conversations to an attacker-controlled MobileMonkey account.
Why it matters now
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-2026-3506
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-28gh-r3vv-g85j
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32cce973-bc3b-45f1-ad4d-ff395d3a6c8e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chatbot/trunk/inc/MobileMonkeyApi.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chatbot/tags/4.9/inc/MobileMonkeyApi.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chatbot/tags/4.9/inc/MobileMonkeyApi.php#L52
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chatbot/tags/4.9/inc/MobileMonkeyApi.php#L409
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chatbot/tags/4.9/admin/class-htcc-admin.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chatbot/tags/4.9/admin/admin.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chatbot/tags/4.9/inc/class-ht-cc.php#L178
Sources
- CVE-2026-3506 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3506 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-28gh-r3vv-g85j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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