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AI Engine <= 3.3.2 — Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload via 'filename' Parameter in update_media_metadata Endpoint

CVE-2026-1400Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤3.3.2Update to 3.3.3 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High7.2
CVSS
7.2
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:H Privileges required
High
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini ai-engine

  1. Affected≤ 3.3.2
  2. Patched in3.3.3

Update to 3.3.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.3.2. Version 3.3.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 3.3.3, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to type5afe.

The AI Engine – The Chatbot and AI Framework for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the `rest_helpers_update_media_metadata` function in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. The attacker can upload a benign image file, then use the `update_media_metadata` endpoint to rename it to a PHP file, creating an executable PHP file in the uploads directory.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Medium4.2Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Media File Deletion via 'metadata' Parameter
≤3.8.4Update to 3.8.5
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.2

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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