CVE-2024-13361 Missing authorization in AI Puffer – Your AI engine for WordPress (formerly AI Power)

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can upload images with malicious shortcodes, leading to arbitrary code execution due to missing capability checks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-13361?

CVE-2024-13361 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in senols AI Puffer – Your AI engine for WordPress (formerly AI Power), published on 22 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The AI Power: Complete AI Pack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpaicg_save_image_media function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.96. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload image files and embed shortcode attributes in the image_alt value that will execute when sending a POST request to the attachment page.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13361?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Aipower Aipower.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-13361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q9w3-c433-527w.

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