CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15988

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation on the `reauth_for_authorize` function. Unauthenticated attackers can trick an administrator into clicking a link, allowing creation of a new administrator account with attacker-supplied credentials.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take over the site by creating an administrator account without the administrator's knowledge.

Recommendation

Update the AI Engine plugin to a version that adds proper nonce validation and CSRF protections.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.5 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the reauth_for_authorize function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new administrator accounts with attacker-supplied credentials via a CSRF-based REST authentication bypass, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This bypass can be combined with WordPress's ?_method=POST method-override support to convert a top-navigation GET request into an authenticated POST to the REST users endpoint, requiring no existing account on the attacker's part.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS