CVE-2026-12511 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf3cf59e-da36-429b-8794-5a46587e8462/

History

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-22

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-22

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		AI Engine < 3.5.5 - Editor+ Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf3cf59e-da36-429b-8794-5a46587e8462/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-14T06:00:02.489Z

Updated: 2026-07-14T12:59:54.068Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T11:39:11.317Z

Link: CVE-2026-12511

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T12:59:39.863Z

NVD

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Redhat

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