Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38791

Medium

Published: 01 August 2024

Published
01 August 2024
Modified
04 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0060 70.0th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38791 is a medium-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Meowapps Ai Engine. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 30.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Jordy Meow AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot: from n/a through 2.4.7.

CWE(s)
CWE-918

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Enterprise AI Assistants
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
The vulnerability affects 'AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot', a WordPress plugin that integrates ChatGPT functionality as an AI chatbot assistant, fitting the Enterprise AI Assistants category.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1046 Network Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vulnerable to remote software exploitation.
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Why these techniques?

SSRF vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation for initial access (T1190) and facilitates internal network service discovery by forcing server requests to arbitrary/internal endpoints (T1046).

Affected Assets

meowapps
ai engine
≤ 2.4.8

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

SC-7 Boundary Protection
addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

References