Ameeba Security Research

Defensive CVE and exploit intelligence

Ameeba Blog Search
TRENDING · 1 WEEK
Attack Vector
Vendor
Severity

CVE-2025-5071: Unauthorized Access and Data Modification Vulnerability in AI Engine WordPress Plugin

Views: 561

Overview

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, maintaining the integrity and security of data is of paramount importance. A recent vulnerability, CVE-2025-5071, has been identified in the AI Engine plugin for WordPress. It affects versions 2.8.0 to 2.8.3 and potentially exposes user data to unauthorized modification and loss. This vulnerability is particularly alarming because it allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to execute commands that can lead to privilege escalation, data modification, and deletion.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-5071
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level Access)
User Interaction: Required
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage

Affected Products

Ameeba Chat Icon Share secrets securely

Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.

Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.

  • • Encrypted identity
  • • Private Spaces for organizations and teams
  • • End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes
  • • Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration
  • • Built for information that cannot leak

Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.

Product | Affected Versions

AI Engine WordPress Plugin | 2.8.0 to 2.8.3

How the Exploit Works

The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the ‘Meow_MWAI_Labs_MCP::can_access_mcp’ function of the AI Engine plugin for WordPress. This flaw can be exploited by an attacker who has subscriber-level access or above to the WordPress site running the vulnerable plugin.
The attacker can leverage this vulnerability to run various commands including ‘wp_create_user’, ‘wp_update_user’ and ‘wp_update_option’, potentially leading to privilege escalation. They can also execute ‘wp_update_post’, ‘wp_delete_post’, ‘wp_update_comment’ and ‘wp_delete_comment’, which can be used to modify or delete posts and comments.

Conceptual Example Code

Assuming an attacker has authenticated access, they could potentially send a malicious HTTP request such as:

POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: vulnerable.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
action=ai-engine-mcp&command=wp_update_user&user_id=1&role=administrator

In this conceptual example, the attacker is trying to escalate their privileges by changing the role of a user (with id 1) to ‘administrator.

Recommendations

It is imperative to mitigate this vulnerability immediately. The vendor has already provided a patch. Users are strongly advised to apply this patch at the earliest possible opportunity. If immediate application of the patch is not possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation strategy. Regularly updating and patching software is a critical part of maintaining strong security practices and can prevent exploitation of known vulnerabilities.

Want to discuss this further? Join the Ameeba Cybersecurity Group Chat.

Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

Ameeba and its authors do not endorse or condone malicious behavior and are not responsible for misuse of the content. Always follow ethical hacking guidelines, responsible disclosure practices, and local laws.

More posts

Ameeba Chat