{"id":55138,"date":"2025-06-25T23:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T23:55:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-10T23:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T05:24:23","slug":"cve-2025-5071-unauthorized-access-and-data-modification-vulnerability-in-ai-engine-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5071-unauthorized-access-and-data-modification-vulnerability-in-ai-engine-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-5071: Unauthorized Access and Data Modification Vulnerability in AI Engine WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49181-unauthorized-api-endpoint-access-leading-to-denial-of-service-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61669\">data to unauthorized<\/a> modification and loss. This vulnerability is particularly alarming because it allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6104-critical-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-wifi-soft-unibox-controller\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61459\">access<\/a> and above to execute commands that can lead to privilege escalation, data modification, and deletion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-5071<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level Access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49415-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-fw-gallery-with-potential-for-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62486\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2944671302\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>AI Engine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6755-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65629\">WordPress Plugin<\/a> | 2.8.0 to 2.8.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the &#8216;Meow_MWAI_Labs_MCP::can_access_mcp&#8217; function of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4413-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-pixabay-images-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62745\">AI Engine<\/a> plugin for WordPress. This flaw can be exploited by an attacker who has subscriber-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25264-critical-vulnerability-allowing-unauthenticated-remote-access-due-to-overly-permissive-cors-policy\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61918\">access or above to the WordPress site running the vulnerable<\/a> plugin.<br \/>\nThe attacker can leverage this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45988-command-injection-vulnerabilities-in-blink-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61462\">vulnerability to run various commands<\/a> including &#8216;wp_create_user&#8217;, &#8216;wp_update_user&#8217; and &#8216;wp_update_option&#8217;, potentially leading to privilege escalation. They can also execute &#8216;wp_update_post&#8217;, &#8216;wp_delete_post&#8217;, &#8216;wp_update_comment&#8217; and &#8216;wp_delete_comment&#8217;, which can be used to modify or delete posts and comments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4261636034\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Assuming an attacker has authenticated access, they could potentially send a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6162-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-ex1200t-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62487\">HTTP request<\/a> such as:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\naction=ai-engine-mcp&amp;command=wp_update_user&amp;user_id=1&amp;role=administrator<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the attacker is trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36633-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-tenable-agent-on-windows\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61641\">escalate their privileges<\/a> by changing the role of a user (with id 1) to &#8216;administrator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is imperative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39486-rankie-sql-injection-vulnerability-and-mitigation-measures\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62485\">mitigate this vulnerability<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49155-uncontrolled-search-path-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-apex-one-data-loss-prevention-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62484\">prevent exploitation of known vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-55138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55138"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59075,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55138\/revisions\/59075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55138"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=55138"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=55138"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=55138"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=55138"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=55138"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=55138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}