FKIE_CVE-2026-14526

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-08 07:17 - Updated: 2026-08-12 21:00
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The AI Copilot – Content Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator-level user account and achieve full site takeover by saving and executing a malicious workflow containing a wp_create_user action node specifying role=administrator. This vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated attackers on any site where the [aiwu-form] shortcode or public chatbot is rendered on a frontend page, as the waic-nonce value is emitted into publicly accessible JavaScript (WAIC_DATA.waicNonce) on those pages, rendering the nonce check a non-functional authorization barrier.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/classes/assets.php#L96
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/classes/frame.php#L211
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/forms/views/forms.php#L87
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/workflow/blocks/actions/wp_create_user.php#L107
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/workflow/controller.php#L39
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/workflow/controller.php#L86
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/classes/assets.php#L96
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/classes/frame.php#L211
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/forms/views/forms.php#L87
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/workflow/blocks/actions/wp_create_user.php#L107
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/workflow/controller.php#L39
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/workflow/controller.php#L86
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e28ae1a3-abc6-484c-abc7-1e0b958fa30b?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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