CVE-2026-96561

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-96561",
  "cveTags": [],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "type": "Primary",
        "source": "security@wordfence.com",
        "cvssData": {
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "version": "3.1",
          "baseScore": 7.2,
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW"
        },
        "impactScore": 2.7,
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "tigroumeow",
          "product": "AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "3.8.0"
            }
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "published": "2026-10-01T04:18:22.110",
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/engines/core.php#L533",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/advisor.php#L156",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/advisor.php#L162",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/advisor.php#L216",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/chatbot.php#L122",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/chatbot.php#L299",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/chatbot.php#L597",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/query/base.php#L360",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/rest.php#L464",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/common/helpers.php#L251",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fai-engine%2Ftags%2F3.8.0&new_path=%2Fai-engine%2Ftags%2F3.8.1",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/910e51da-6ee2-45d5-837b-7fea80f79390?source=cve",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    }
  ],
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "type": "Primary",
      "source": "security@wordfence.com",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.8.0 This is due to a chain of missing input neutralization and output escaping across the /mwai-ui/v1/chats/submit REST endpoint, the PHP error-log parser (MeowKit_MWAI_Helpers::php_error_logs), the Advisor task (Meow_MWAI_Modules_Advisor::run_advisor), and the Advisor dashboard widget (advisor_metabox): the server-parameter denylist in chat_submit strips only exact key names such as 'model' while convert_keys() later canonicalizes 'model_' back to 'model', allowing an unauthenticated caller to place an attacker-controlled string (including CR/LF) into $query->model; final_checks() throws an Exception whose message embeds that raw string, and the non-streaming, non-admin catch branch writes it to the PHP error log unmodified — creating a forged log line that the plugin's own parser subsequently returns as recent PHP-error content; run_advisor() then appends that content verbatim to the AI prompt (indirect prompt injection — CWE-1427), the returned JSON is stored in the mwai_advisor_data option with no schema validation or HTML sanitization, and advisor_metabox() concatenates the resulting 'title' and 'description' values directly into the WordPress dashboard widget without esc_html(), wp_kses(), or equivalent escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the WordPress dashboard."
    }
  ],
  "lastModified": "2026-10-01T04:18:22.110",
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com"
}