Privilege escalation in Ai Engine

CVE-2026-75796

The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.1 does not verify that the requesting user is authorized to act on the targeted account before performing privileged user management operations, allowing users with the Administrator role on a Multisite sub-site to take over any account on the network, including the Network Administrator's.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.9% 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-2026-75796: held from 0.003 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002

Affected products

  • Ai Engine

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-75796?
CVE-2026-75796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ai Engine, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-75796?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.