CVE-2026-16955
AI Engine < 3.6.6 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Read via Audio Transcription
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.0 Medium
- Published
- Aug 8, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 24, 2026
Description
The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.6 does not confine a caller-supplied file path before reading it and forwarding the contents to an external service, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read arbitrary files from the server and exfiltrate them off-host. Reaching the issue at subscriber level requires a non-default public API feature to be enabled; otherwise the same issue is reachable by an administrator, which on multisite allows a non-super subsite administrator to read the network-shared configuration and its secrets.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.0 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AI EngineUnknown |
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References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b413d84-61c7-4e19-a693-312d74f618ff/exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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