AI Chatbot & Workflow Automation by AIWU < 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via MCP OAuth
Priority HIGH 82CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The AI Copilot WordPress plugin before 1.5.4 does not bind OAuth access tokens to a WordPress user, and accepts any valid token as an administrator session, allowing unauthenticated attackers who complete the public OAuth flow to execute privileged MCP tools as an administrator, including arbitrary user creation and role escalation.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00498 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed AI Copilot (Unknown): 1.5.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | AI Copilot | before 1.5.4 | 1.5.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- AI Copilot VendorUnknown Affected before 1.5.4 Fixed in 1.5.4 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AI Copilot (Unknown) Fixed in 1.5.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9810
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-74px-22jg-8gh2
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-9810 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9810 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-74px-22jg-8gh2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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