Description
The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.7.9 does not check that the item passed to one of its media actions belongs to the requesting user before converting it to an attachment and permanently deleting it, allowing users with the Editor role and above to delete arbitrary posts of any type, including content they cannot otherwise delete such as navigation menus, block templates and global styles.
Published: 2026-10-18
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions ai Engine
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions ai Engine

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

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


Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.7.9 does not check that the item passed to one of its media actions belongs to the requesting user before converting it to an attachment and permanently deleting it, allowing users with the Editor role and above to delete arbitrary posts of any type, including content they cannot otherwise delete such as navigation menus, block templates and global styles.
Title AI Engine < 3.7.9 - Editor+ Arbitrary Post Deletion via reject_media
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Wordpress-extensions Ai Engine
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-18T11:12:30.129Z

Reserved: 2026-10-15T10:38:08.832Z

Link: CVE-2026-110976

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-18T10:56:02.851Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-18T07:16:52.713

Modified: 2026-10-19T21:04:50.950

Link: CVE-2026-110976

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T16:30:06Z

Weaknesses