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.

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

EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Winstonai Humn-1 Ai Website Scanner & Human Certification By Winston — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

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.