# CVE-2026-1981: Winston AI <= 0.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Deletion

> Authenticated subscribers can delete Winston AI plugin settings due to missing capability checks, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **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:** 6 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fjwr-wg9v-64cv

## What is CVE-2026-1981?

CVE-2026-1981 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in winstonai HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI, published on 6 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the winston_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's API connection settings via the 'winston_disconnect' AJAX action.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1981?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-1981?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1981 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1981 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in winstonai HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI, published on 6 Mar 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-2026-1981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: winstonai HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI. 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-2026-1981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1981/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1981
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1981
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1981

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1981/
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