---
id: CVE-2026-96561
title: >-
  The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and
  including, 3.8.0 This is due to a chain of missing input neutralization and
  output esc…
summary: >-
  The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and
  including, 3.8.0 This is due to a chain of missing input neutralization and
  output esc…
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: tigroumeow
product: 'AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress'
affected:
  - ai_engine_the_chatbot_ai_framework_mcp_for_wordpress <= 3.8.0
published: '2026-10-01'
updated: '2026-10-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-01T04:18:22.110'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96561'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/engines/core.php#L533
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/advisor.php#L156
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/advisor.php#L162
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/advisor.php#L216
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/chatbot.php#L122
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/chatbot.php#L299
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/modules/chatbot.php#L597
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/query/base.php#L360
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/classes/rest.php#L464
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-engine/tags/3.8.0/common/helpers.php#L251
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fai-engine%2Ftags%2F3.8.0&new_path=%2Fai-engine%2Ftags%2F3.8.1
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/910e51da-6ee2-45d5-837b-7fea80f79390?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-01T03:36:04.807Z'
---

## Overview

The AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.8.0 This is due to a chain of missing input neutralization and output escaping across the /mwai-ui/v1/chats/submit REST endpoint, the PHP error-log parser (MeowKit_MWAI_Helpers::php_error_logs), the Advisor task (Meow_MWAI_Modules_Advisor::run_advisor), and the Advisor dashboard widget (advisor_metabox): the server-parameter denylist in chat_submit strips only exact key names such as 'model' while convert_keys() later canonicalizes 'model_' back to 'model', allowing an unauthenticated caller to place an attacker-controlled string (including CR/LF) into $query->model; final_checks() throws an Exception whose message embeds that raw string, and the non-streaming, non-admin catch branch writes it to the PHP error log unmodified — creating a forged log line that the plugin's own parser subsequently returns as recent PHP-error content; run_advisor() then appends that content verbatim to the AI prompt (indirect prompt injection — CWE-1427), the returned JSON is stored in the mwai_advisor_data option with no schema validation or HTML sanitization, and advisor_metabox() concatenates the resulting 'title' and 'description' values directly into the WordPress dashboard widget without esc_html(), wp_kses(), or equivalent escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the WordPress dashboard.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.