ChatBot for eCommerce – WoowBot < 4.8.4 - Unauthenticated Gemini API Key Abuse via qcld_gemini_response
Priority HIGH 72CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
The AI ChatBot for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.8.4 does not perform any authorization or nonce check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to abuse the site owner's stored third-party API key to send requests billed to the owner's account and, when an optional feature is enabled, to retrieve indexed knowledge-base content.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00406 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed AI ChatBot for WooCommerce (Unknown): 4.8.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | AI ChatBot for WooCommerce | before 4.8.4 | 4.8.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- AI ChatBot for WooCommerce VendorUnknown Affected before 4.8.4 Fixed in 4.8.4 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AI ChatBot for WooCommerce (Unknown) Fixed in 4.8.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15241
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xqfh-qj3w-mr75
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-15241 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15241 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xqfh-qj3w-mr75 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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