Auth bypass in Winstonai Humn-1 Ai Website Scanner & Human Certification By Winston
CVE-2026-1981
The HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the winston_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's API connection settings via the 'winston_disconnect' AJAX action.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1a82073-ab63-42dd-9bc0-d21f5…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/trunk/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/tags/0.0.3/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/trunk/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/tags/0.0.3/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-1981?
- CVE-2026-1981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Winstonai Humn-1 Ai Website Scanner & Human Certification By Winston, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-03-07.
- How severe is CVE-2026-1981?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.