CVE-2026-15988 (GCVE-0-2026-15988)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-01 06:48
Modified
2026-08-03 17:34
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CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tigroumeow | AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress |
Version: 0 ≤ 3.6.5 |
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