CVE-2026-87918 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.5.7 does not perform any authorization or nonce check on several AJAX actions that relay prompts to its configured AI providers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to make those third-party API calls, and consume the associated cost, using the site's own configured API keys.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress
Wpbot	Wpot

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d6b3745b-bda1-4734-b39c-75376477ba0a/

History

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress Wpbot Wpbot wpot
Vendors & Products		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress Wpbot Wpbot wpot

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.5.7 does not perform any authorization or nonce check on several AJAX actions that relay prompts to its configured AI providers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to make those third-party API calls, and consume the associated cost, using the site's own configured API keys.
Title		WPBot < 8.5.7 - Unauthenticated AI Provider API Abuse via Multiple AJAX Actions
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d6b3745b-bda1-4734-b39c-75376477ba0a/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-12T06:00:13.576Z

Updated: 2026-09-12T15:28:19.145Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T15:57:18.363Z

Link: CVE-2026-87918

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-12T15:14:33.227Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-12T06:16:28.430

Modified: 2026-09-14T21:10:17.423

Link: CVE-2026-87918

Redhat

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