S2B AI Assistant Plugin up to 1.7.8 on WordPress storeFile unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in S2B AI Assistant Plugin up to 1.7.8 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function storeFile. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-12973. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in S2B AI Assistant Plugin up to 1.7.8 on WordPress. This issue affects the function storeFile. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The S2B AI Assistant – ChatBot, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Content & Image Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the storeFile() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12973. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/21/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-198496). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• S2B AI Assistant Plugin

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• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.7.6
• 1.7.7
• 1.7.8

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