CVE-2026-123478
Stored content in AI Engine could run script in a visitor's browser
Meow Apps · AI Engine WordPress plugin
First documented disclosure · Review checkpoint
Summary
The plugin rendered stored input without sufficient output escaping. Script could run in that visitor’s browser under the site’s origin.
Severity and exploitation evidence
High · 7.1/10 · CVSS 3.1. Severity source.
Exploitation not established: The reviewed advisory does not report malicious exploitation.
Technical severity is not a measure of observed attacks or of risk to your deployment. Attempts, demonstrations, and successful compromise retain the qualifications in the source.
How the weakness works
The plugin rendered stored input without sufficient output escaping.
Conditions required
An unauthenticated contributor could supply the input. A user subsequently viewed the affected page.
Potential impact
Script could run in that visitor’s browser under the site’s origin.
Affected versions and configurations
Through 3.9.1.
Fix and mitigation status
3.9.2.
Practical next steps
Update the AI Engine plugin to 3.9.2 or later.
Operating lesson
Check the authority granted to the affected component against the operation a user expects.
Evidence and limits
The public disclosure was on 2026-11-09. The CVE record was published on 2026-11-11.
Sources
- Patchstack advisory
Primary source ·
- Patchstack CVE record
Primary source ·