CVE-2025-8268

Published: Sep 3, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.5

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (4)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/2.9.5/classes/modules/files.php#L518

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/2.9.5/classes/modules/files.php#L645

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/2.9.5/classes/modules/files.php#L664

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be39e24f-d7d7-44db-9ffd-a4605de8e577?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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