---
id: CVE-2025-11256
title: >-
  The Kognetiks Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in
  all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5
summary: >-
  The Kognetiks Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in
  all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. This makes it possible for
  unauthenticated …
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-285
published: '2025-10-18'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T22:10:00.563'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11256'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3380313%40chatbot-chatgpt&new=3380313%40chatbot-chatgpt&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3380317%40chatbot-chatgpt&new=3380317%40chatbot-chatgpt&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c8fe389-ff44-4be3-889b-0006977f4f3c?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00378
epssPercentile: 0.29641
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T22:11:53.810Z'
---

## Overview

The Kognetiks Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload limited safe files and erase conversations.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.