CVE-2025-5071 AI Engine 2.8.0 - 2.8.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insufficient Authorization to Privilege Escalation via MCP

High 8.8 Published 19 Jun 2025 Updated 20 Jun 2025

Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges and modify data via missing capability checks in the AI Engine WordPress plugin.

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-2025-5071?

CVE-2025-5071 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in tigroumeow AI Engine, published on 19 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'Meow_MWAI_Labs_MCP::can_access_mcp' function in versions 2.8.0 to 2.8.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to have full access to the MCP and run various commands like 'wp_create_user', 'wp_update_user' and 'wp_update_option', which can be used for privilege escalation, and 'wp_update_post', 'wp_delete_post', 'wp_update_comment' and 'wp_delete_comment', which can be used to edit and delete posts and comments.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5071?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Meowapps Ai Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2025-5071?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5071 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-2025-5071 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gg23-wpg2-g99p.