Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege WordPress user
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ExploitSend request to unprotected plugin endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactRead or modify restricted plugin data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account on a site running VideoWhisper Site Manager for ChatGPT, Claude, Codex version 1.2.10 or earlier (PR:L - a valid, typically low-privilege account is needed; not fully unauthenticated). The flaw stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels on plugin functionality, meaning the vulnerable action is reachable because its authorization/capability check is missing or too permissive. No user interaction is required (UI:N) and the attack is remote over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L). Limiting factors: the attacker must first hold a site account, the plugin must be installed and active, and impact is confined to low confidentiality and low integrity with no availability effect, so this does not permit site takeover or denial of service on its own. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity (CVSS 5.4) broken access control / missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the VideoWhisper Site Manager WordPress plugin, reported by Patchstack. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack that requires some level of authentication (PR:L), yields only low confidentiality and low integrity impact, and no availability impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, no EPSS score was provided in the input, and the CVE is NOT listed in CISA KEV - so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. All signals are internally consistent: a low-privilege authenticated user can exploit an access-control misconfiguration to perform actions or read/modify data they should not be authorized for, but the limited impact (L/L/N) and the authentication requirement keep real-world risk bounded. This should be treated as a routine patch-management item for sites running the plugin rather than an emergency; the primary limiting factor is that an attacker must already hold a valid (likely low-privilege) WordPress account. Note that EPSS data is missing from the input, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood could not be weighed. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has registered or obtained a low-privilege account on a WordPress site running VideoWhisper Site Manager (≤ 1.2.10) sends a crafted request to a plugin endpoint that fails to properly check the caller's authorization level. Because access control is incorrectly configured, the request succeeds and lets the attacker read or alter plugin-managed data or settings they should not be able to touch. No public proof-of-concept is identified at time of analysis, and the low attack complexity means exploitation is straightforward once an account is held. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 12, 2026
Missing authorization in the WordPress plugin VideoWhisper Site Manager for ChatGPT, Claude, Codex (all versions through 1.2.10) lets an authenticated low-privilege site user reach plugin functionality that should require higher capabilities, resulting in limited confidentiality and integrity impact at CVSS 5.4. The flaw is a broken access control condition (CWE-862) requiring only a valid WordPress account on a site with the plugin active (PR:L), remote reachability and low attack complexity with no user interaction; availability is unaffected. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and this does not by itself permit full site takeover or denial of service.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is specified in the available intelligence, so the advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/videowhisper-site-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-videowhisper-site-manager-for-chatgpt-claude-codex-plugin-1-2-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve should be checked for a fixed release above 1.2.10 and that version applied as soon as it is published. Because exploitation requires an authenticated account, the most effective interim control is reducing the pool of accounts that can reach the vulnerable action: disable open user registration on the affected site and downgrade or remove unnecessary subscriber/contributor accounts, with the trade-off that legitimate low-privilege users lose their accounts and registration workflows must be handled manually. Where the plugin's ChatGPT/Claude/Codex integration is not operationally required, deactivating and uninstalling VideoWhisper Site Manager eliminates the exposed action entirely, at the cost of losing the AI-assistant functionality. Sites that must keep the plugin can temporarily restrict access to its admin and AJAX/REST endpoints at the web server or WAF by requiring an authenticated administrator role or by blocking requests to the plugin's handler paths from non-administrative sessions; the trade-off is that this is a configuration-level control, must be tuned to avoid breaking legitimate admin use, and does not fix the underlying missing capability check. Monitoring should focus on plugin-level actions invoked by low-privilege users, since such calls are the observable signature of this flaw.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) rather than a logic error in an existing check: an action or endpoint exposed by the plugin performs a privileged operation without verifying that the caller holds the required WordPress capability. In WordPress plugin terms this typically means a registered AJAX/REST handler or admin-post action whose callback lacks a current_user_can() capability check or an equivalent permission_callback, so any account that can reach the endpoint (including a low-privilege subscriber/contributor) can trigger it. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:videowhisper.com:videowhisper_site_manager_for_chatgpt,_claude,_codex identifies the affected package as the VideoWhisper Site Manager plugin that wires WordPress into AI assistant services (ChatGPT, Claude, Codex); the same plugin's settings and integration functions are the surface where the missing capability check applies. The assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N reflects network-reachable exploitation by an authenticated user, with low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact; scope remains unchanged, so no cross-component privilege escalation is asserted.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Missing authorization reachable over the network with low complexity but requiring a logged-in low-privilege account (PR:L); limited unauthorized read/modify gives C:L/I:L and no availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in VideoWhisper.com VideoWhisper Site Manager for ChatGPT, Claude, Codex videowhisper-site-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects VideoWhisper Site Manager for ChatGPT, Claude, Codex: from n/a through 1.2.10.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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