CVE-2026-39801 PUBLISHED

WordPress AIWU plugin <= 1.5.9 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 07.04.2026 Published: 10.10.2026 Updated: 11.10.2026

Subscriber Privilege Escalation in AIWU <= 1.5.9 versions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Sergey
Product	AIWU
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from n/a to 1.5.9 (incl.)

Credits

hackthesoul | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/ai-copilot-content-generator/vulnerability/wordpress-aiwu-plugin-1-5-9-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation