AI Engine < 3.6.6 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Read via Audio Transcription
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-16955 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | WPScan |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-08-08 07:17:11 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-08-08 07:17:11 UTC |
| Description | The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.6 does not confine a caller-supplied file path before reading it and forwarding the contents to an external service, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read arbitrary files from the server and exfiltrate them off-host. Reaching the issue at subscriber level requires a non-default public API feature to be enabled; otherwise the same issue is reachable by an administrator, which on multisite allows a non-super subsite administrator to read the network-shared configuration and its secrets. |
Risk And Classification
EPSS: 0.001580000 probability, percentile 0.053940000 (date 2026-08-08)
Problem Types: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b413d84-61c7-4e19-a693-312d74f618ff | [email protected] | wpscan.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
CNA: Revanth Hari Narayana Matte (en)
CNA: WPScan (en)
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.