CVE-2025-8268 (GCVE-0-2025-8268)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-03 20:24 – Updated: 2025-09-03 20:47
VLAI?
Summary
The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the rest_list and delete_files functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to list and delete files uploaded by other users.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tigroumeow | AI Engine |
Affected:
* , ≤ 2.9.5
(semver)
|
Credits
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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