Ai Engine <= 2.9.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Uploaded Files Disclosure And Deletion

6.5
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-8268
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 3, 2025
Last Updated September 3, 2025
Researcher ISMAILSHADOW

Description

The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the rest_list and delete_files functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to list and delete files uploaded by other users.

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Vulnerability Details for AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ai-engine (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.9.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.5
Patched Version
  • 2.9.6

Recent vulnerabilities in AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 AI Engine <= 3.8.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'model_' Parameter → PHP Error-Log Injection → Advisor Indirect Prompt Injection CVE-2026-96561 7.2 whale120 September 30, 2026
2 AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress <= 3.7.8 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference CVE-2026-93623 5.3 foehn September 23, 2026
3 AI Engine <= 3.7.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Attachment Disclosure via 'mediaId' Parameter CVE-2026-89141 6.5 Chi Trung Huynh September 14, 2026
4 AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress 3.4.0 - 3.7.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary AI Query Execution CVE-2026-75798 5.3 Abdullah Kareem August 28, 2026
5 AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress 3.3.3 - 3.7.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read CVE-2026-75797 6.5 Jashid Sany August 27, 2026
6 AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress <= 3.6.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Privilege Escalation CVE-2026-75796 4.7 Charles Vosburgh August 24, 2026
7 AI Engine <= 3.6.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Cross-Session Chatbot File Deletion CVE-2026-16953 5.3 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte August 3, 2026
8 AI Engine <= 3.6.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read CVE-2026-16955 6.5 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte August 3, 2026
9 AI Engine <= 3.6.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via REQUEST_URI Substring Match CVE-2026-15988 8.8 UKO July 31, 2026
10 AI Engine <= 3.6.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Information Exposure CVE-2026-16954 2.7 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte July 30, 2026

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