Auth bypass in Ai Engine

CVE-2026-12510

The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.5.5 does not verify that a user owns the chatbot conversation referenced by a client-supplied identifier, allowing users with subscriber-level access to read other users' private conversations and take over their conversation records when the discussions feature is enabled.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-12510: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Ai Engine — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12510?
CVE-2026-12510 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ai Engine, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-12510?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.