The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.5.5 does not sanitize a user-supplied filename before using it to write a downloaded file, allowing authenticated users with editor-level access to write attacker-controlled bytes to an arbitrary location on the server via path traversal.
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Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-28
CWE-749

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.5.5 does not sanitize a user-supplied filename before using it to write a downloaded file, allowing authenticated users with editor-level access to write attacker-controlled bytes to an arbitrary location on the server via path traversal.
Title AI Engine < 3.5.5 - Editor+ Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T12:59:54.068Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T11:39:11.317Z

Link: CVE-2026-12511

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T12:59:39.863Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-07-14T06:17:05.787

Modified: 2026-07-14T16:42:11.910

Link: CVE-2026-12511

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T18:45:12Z

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