CVE-2026-8719

high

Published 2026-05-17 · Modified 2026-05-18

CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.8

Description

The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in version 3.4.9. This is due to missing WordPress capability enforcement in the MCP OAuth bearer-token authorization path, where any valid OAuth token causes MCP access to be granted without verifying administrator privileges. This makes it possible for authenticated (Subscriber+) attackers to invoke admin-level MCP tools and escalate privileges to Administrator.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3533527/ai-engine
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0593c20d-3422-4817-9639-614254b609db?source=cve

CWEs

CWE-269

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.