CVE-2026-8719 (GCVE-0-2026-8719)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-17 02:27
Modified
2026-05-18 16:40
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
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.
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