# CVE-2026-1336: Missing authorization in AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS

> Unauthenticated attackers can view, modify, or delete the plugin's ChatGPT API key due to missing capability checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-968r-85gv-wc9r

## What is CVE-2026-1336?

CVE-2026-1336 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ays-pro AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS, published on 2 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to missing capability checks on the store_data() and get_chatgpt_api_key() functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view, modify or delete the plugin's ChatGPT API key.
The vulnerability was partially fixed in version 2.7.5 and fully fixed in version 2.7.6

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1336?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-1336?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1336 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1336 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1336 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1336 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1336 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ays-pro AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS, published on 2 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1336 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ays-pro AI ChatBot with ChatGPT and Content Generator by AYS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1336/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1336/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1336
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1336
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1336

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1336/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.