WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

AI Engine 2.8.0 - 2.8.3 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation via MCP

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'Meow_MWAI_Labs_MCP::can_access_mcp' function This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to have full access to the MCP and run various commands like 'wp_create_user', 'wp_update_user' and 'wp_update_option', which can be used for privilege escalation, and 'wp_update_post', 'wp_delete_post', 'wp_update_comment' and 'wp_delete_comment', which can be used to edit and delete posts and comments.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.8.4

References

Classification

Type
INCORRECT AUTHORISATION
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
István Márton
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-06-18 (about 10 months ago)
Added
2025-06-19 (about 10 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-06-19 (about 10 months ago)

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