CVE-2026-12511 (GCVE-0-2026-12511)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 06:00 – Updated: 2026-07-14 06:00
VLAI
Title
AI Engine < 3.5.5 - Editor+ Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal
Summary
The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.5.5 does not sanitize a user-supplied filename before using it to write a downloaded file, allowing authenticated users with editor-level access to write attacker-controlled bytes to an arbitrary location on the server via path traversal.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf3cf59e-da36-42… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown AI Engine Affected: 0 , < 3.5.5 (semver)
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Credits
Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi WPScan
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