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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-6845 json

SmartSearchWP < 2.4.6 - Unauthenticated OpenAI Key Disclosure

published 2024-09-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47848

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress plugin before 2.4.6 does not have proper authorization in one of its REST endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the encoded key and then decode it, thereby leaking the OpenAI API key

Patch / fix

  • Unknown Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress 2.4.6
  • smartsearchwp chatbot_with_chatgpt_wordpress 2.4.6

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template SmartSearchWP < 2.4.6 - OpenAI Key Disclosure nuclei detection template
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cfaaa843-d89e-42d4-90d9-988293499d26/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Unknown Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress
  • smartsearchwp chatbot_with_chatgpt_wordpress

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.