# CVE-2026-1946: Missing authorization in GW AI Website Builder

> Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the GW AI Website Builder WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r5vf-wg5q-932h

## What is CVE-2026-1946?

CVE-2026-1946 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nandhiniwp GW AI Website Builder, published on 10 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The GW AI Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gwaiwebu_gravitywrite_disconnect_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disconnect the plugin from GravityWrite via the 'gwaiwebu_gravitywrite_disconnect' AJAX action.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1946?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-1946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1946 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1946 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1946 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nandhiniwp GW AI Website Builder, published on 10 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nandhiniwp GW AI Website Builder. 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-2026-1946/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1946/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1946
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1946
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1946

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1946/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.