What is CVE-2025-11256?

CVE-2025-11256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kognetiks Chatbot For Wordpress, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-11256?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Kognetiks Chatbot For Wordpress

CVE-2025-11256

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 at…

EPSS: 0.001 (28.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kognetiks Chatbot For Wordpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-285 — Improper Authorization

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c8fe389-ff44-4be3-889b-00069…
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-11256?: CVE-2025-11256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kognetiks Chatbot For Wordpress, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-11256?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.