GHSA-xfc5-7gqh-v42gMediumCVSS 4.2
The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited media file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the upload_file function in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.4 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary media files on the server. This requires the administrator to have enabled the Public API option, and exploitation depends on the hourly cleanup_files task running after the malicious upload.
🔗 References (9)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107745
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/api.php#L1040
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/api.php#L689
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/modules/files.php#L1071
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/modules/files.php#L470
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/modules/files.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fai-engine%2Ftags%2F3.8.4%2Fclasses%2Fmodules%2Ffiles.php&new_path=%2Fai-engine%2Ftags%2F3.8.5%2Fclasses%2Fmodules%2Ffiles.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4f8607c-711e-4d0e-8379-49346033a837?source=cve
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xfc5-7gqh-v42g