WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WPBot < 8.6.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Email Relay via wpcs_send_email AJAX Action

Description

The Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 8.5.9 via the wpcs_send_email() AJAX handler. This is due to the wpcs_send_email() function being registered on both wp_ajax_wpcs_send_email and wp_ajax_nopriv_wpcs_send_email with no nonce verification, capability check, or rate limiting, while forwarding attacker-controlled recipient, subject, and body directly to wp_mail(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary emails to any recipient from the site's domain, enabling spam, phishing, and abuse that can lead to the site's IP/domain being blacklisted.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 8.6.0

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Wordfence PRISM
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-07-27 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2026-07-28 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-28 (about 2 months ago)

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