CVE-2026-12511 PUBLISHED

AI Engine < 3.5.5 - Editor+ Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 17.06.2026 Published: 14.07.2026 Updated: 14.07.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product AI Engine
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.5.5 (excl.)

Credits

  • Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE