CVE-2026-12510 AI Engine < 3.5.5 - Subscriber+Chatbot Discussion Disclosure and Takeover via IDOR
Subscribers can read and modify other users' private chatbot conversations due to missing ownership checks in the AI Engine 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-2026-12510?
CVE-2026-12510 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown AI Engine, published on 16 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.5.5 does not verify that a user owns the chatbot conversation referenced by a client-supplied identifier, allowing users with subscriber-level access to read other users' private conversations and take over their conversation records when the discussions feature is enabled.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12510?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12510?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12510 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-2026-12510 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12510 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rhw-c8ph-cp97.