CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-1400
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-01-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
The AI Engine – The Chatbot and AI Framework for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the `rest_helpers_update_media_metadata` function in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. The attacker can upload a benign image file, then use the `update_media_metadata` endpoint to rename it to a PHP file, creating an executable PHP file in the uploads directory.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.3.0/classes/rest.php#L1104 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.3.0/classes/rest.php#L1141 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3447500/ai-engine/trunk/classes/rest.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5227269-4406-4fcf-af37-f1db0af857d6?source=cve www.wordfence.com