The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited media file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the upload_file function in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.4 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary media files on the server. This requires the administrator to have enabled the Public API option, and exploitation depends on the hourly cleanup_files task running after the malicious upload.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
High
Difficult to exploit
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
Low
Partial disruption
CVSS Vector v3.1
Weakness Type (CWE)
References 7
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/api.php…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/api.php…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/modules…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/modules…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.3/classes/modules…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fai-engine%2Ftags%2F3.8…
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4f8607c-711e-4d0e-83…
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