CVE-2025-10705 – This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attac... (How to Fix)

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks against WordPress sites using the MxChat AI Chatbot plugin. Attackers can make the WordPress server send HTTP requests to arbitrary internal or external destinations, potentially accessing internal services or performing port scanning. All WordPress sites with MxChat plugin versions up to 2.4.6 are affected.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

MxChat - AI Chatbot for WordPress

Versions: All versions up to and including 2.4.6

Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Vulnerability exists in default configuration; no special configuration required for exploitation.

⚠️ Manual Verification Required

This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.

Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).

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Recommended Actions:

Review the CVE details at NVD
Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers could access sensitive internal services (like databases, admin panels), perform port scanning of internal networks, or use the server as a proxy for attacks against other systems.

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Likely Case

Information disclosure from internal services, reconnaissance of internal network structure, or abuse of server resources for scanning external targets.

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If Mitigated

Limited to unsuccessful connection attempts or requests to non-sensitive endpoints if proper network segmentation and firewall rules are in place.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH

🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: UNKNOWN

Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes

Complexity: LOW

Exploitation requires sending crafted requests to the mxchat_handle_chat_request AJAX endpoint with malicious URLs in PDF processing functionality.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 2.4.7 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3378505/

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find MxChat - AI Chatbot
4. Click 'Update Now' if update available
5. If no update available, download version 2.4.7+ from WordPress repository and manually update

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable vulnerable AJAX endpoint

WordPress

Remove or restrict access to the mxchat_handle_chat_request AJAX action

Add to theme's functions.php or custom plugin:
add_action('init', function() {
    remove_action('wp_ajax_mxchat_handle_chat_request', 'mxchat_handle_chat_request');
    remove_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_mxchat_handle_chat_request', 'mxchat_handle_chat_request');
});

Web Application Firewall rule

all

Block requests containing SSRF patterns to the vulnerable endpoint

WAF rule to block: POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with 'action=mxchat_handle_chat_request' and URL parameters containing internal IP addresses or localhost references

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Disable the MxChat plugin completely until patched
Implement strict outbound firewall rules to limit server's ability to connect to internal networks

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin → Plugins → MxChat version. If version is 2.4.6 or lower, you are vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp plugin list --name=mxchat-basic --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify plugin version shows 2.4.7 or higher in WordPress admin panel.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Multiple POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=mxchat_handle_chat_request
Unusual outbound connections from WordPress server to internal IP ranges
HTTP requests to localhost/127.0.0.1 from web server process

Network Indicators:

Unusual outbound HTTP traffic from web server to non-standard ports
Requests to internal IP addresses from external-facing web server

SIEM Query:

source="web_server_logs" AND uri="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND post_data CONTAINS "action=mxchat_handle_chat_request" AND (post_data CONTAINS "localhost" OR post_data CONTAINS "127.0.0.1" OR post_data CONTAINS "192.168." OR post_data CONTAINS "10.")

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-10705

CVSS v3 Score: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE: CWE-918

EPSS Score: 0.03% exploit probability (9.6th percentile)

Published: October 23, 2025

Last Updated: October 27, 2025

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