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TI-2026-14116 Aliases CVE-2026-16955GHSA-hgr8-39c9-344p

AI Engine < 3.6.6 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Read via Audio Transcription

Priority LOW 23CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.6 does not confine a caller-supplied file path before reading it and forwarding the contents to an external service, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read arbitrary files from the server and exfiltrate them off-host. Reaching the issue at subscriber level requires a non-default public API feature to be enabled; otherwise the same issue is reachable by an administrator, which on multisite allows a non-super subsite administrator to read the network-shared configuration and its secrets.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00342 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed AI Engine (Unknown): 3.6.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownAI Enginebefore 3.6.63.6.6Patch availableCNA
  • AI Engine VendorUnknown Affected before 3.6.6 Fixed in 3.6.6 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA AI Engine (Unknown) Fixed in 3.6.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16955
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hgr8-39c9-344p

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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