Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as subscriber-level user
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ExploitSend crafted AJAX request to settings handler
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactOverwrite global indexing and vector-search config
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires two concrete conditions: (1) the attacker must hold an authenticated account at subscriber level or above (PR:L), and (2) a site administrator must have explicitly granted 'sources' module access to that lower-privileged role through the plugin's Role Manager - a non-default configuration. Against default installations the flaw is not exploitable, which is the primary limiting factor and the reason for the high attack complexity. When the condition is met, the affected endpoints modify the global options aipkit_training_general_settings and aipkit_indexing_field_settings (chunking parameters, file upload visibility, per-CPT field indexing), impacting all plugin users on the site; impact is limited to configuration integrity, with no data disclosure or availability loss. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue, and the signals are consistent rather than conflicting. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 3.1 LOW) correctly reflects a narrow, low-impact flaw: network-reachable but high-complexity, requiring existing authentication (PR:L, subscriber-level or above), with only limited integrity impact (C:N/I:L/A:N) - attackers can tamper with global indexing/vector-search configuration but cannot read data or disrupt availability. The AC:H rating is driven by a hard precondition: the attack only works if an administrator has non-default-configured the plugin's Role Manager to grant 'sources' module access to a lower-privileged role, so most deployments are not exploitable at all. No EPSS score was provided in the input, there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis - so there is no evidence of active or likely exploitation. Classification source code lines are referenced by Wordfence, but a reference to vulnerable code is not the same as a weaponized POC. Net: a real but minor authorization-bypass bug, appropriately scored LOW, not a patch-now emergency; prioritize routine plugin updating rather than emergency response. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | In a site where an administrator has used the plugin's Role Manager to grant 'sources' module access to subscribers (or another low-privileged role), an authenticated subscriber sends a crafted AJAX request to the plugin's settings handlers and overwrites global indexing and vector-search options (chunking parameters, file upload visibility, per-CPT field indexing) for all users. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis; the high attack complexity stems from the non-default Role Manager configuration that must already be in place. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 10, 2026
Authorization bypass in the WordPress plugin AI Puffer - Chat. Create. Automate. (formerly AI Power, slug gpt3-ai-content-generator) through version 2.4.89 lets an authenticated subscriber-level user rewrite the global options aipkit_training_general_settings and aipkit_indexing_field_settings, changing chunking parameters, file upload visibility and per-post-type field indexing for the whole site. Exploitation is tightly constrained: the attacker must already hold an account (PR:L per CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) and an administrator must have explicitly granted the 'sources' module to that lower-privileged role through the plugin's Role Manager, a non-default configuration against which the plugin is not exploitable at all, which is why attack complexity is rated High. Impact is confined to configuration integrity with no data disclosure or availability loss, no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and this is assessed as a genuinely low-priority issue.
RemediationAI
Update the AI Puffer (gpt3-ai-content-generator) plugin past the affected ceiling of 2.4.89 and consult the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25ae6c7d-a03c-43f6-9c46-8797a9765d04?source=cve and the linked Trac changeset for the exact patched build, since the provided data confirms affected versions through 2.4.89 but does not state a fixed release number. Because the flaw is only reachable through a non-default permission grant, the most effective immediate compensating control is to open the plugin's Role Manager and remove 'sources' module access from all subscriber-, contributor- and author-level roles, reverting to the default configuration; the trade-off is that those roles lose the sources dashboard and indexing UI they were intentionally given. If lower-privileged roles must retain access, audit accounts holding them and monitor or diff the aipkit_training_general_settings and aipkit_indexing_field_settings options (they are stored in wp_options) for unauthorized chunking, upload-visibility or per-CPT indexing changes, noting that such monitoring is detective rather than preventive. Additional hardening such as restricting who may register or be elevated to subscriber-level and above reduces the pool of accounts that can satisfy the PR:L prerequisite, but does not address the underlying missing authorization check.
Affected VersionsENISA
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: the plugin exposes AJAX endpoints that write global indexing and vector-search configuration but does not verify that the requesting user is permitted to perform that action. The cited code lives in the plugin's AJAX layer - classes/core/ajax/class-aipkit-core-ajax-handler.php (near lines 737, 883 and 950) and the shared base dashboard handler classes/dashboard/ajax/class-aipkit-base-dashboard-ajax-handler.php (line 53), which is presumably where the capability/permission check should have occurred for every dashboard AJAX action. Instead of comparing the caller's role or capability against the 'sources' module grant, the handlers accept requests from any authenticated user and update the options aipkit_training_general_settings (training/chunking and upload-related settings) and aipkit_indexing_field_settings (per-custom-post-type field indexing used to build embeddings for the site's vector search index). The CPE cpe:2.3:a:senols:ai_puffer_-_ai_chatbot,_ai_writer_&_automation ties the advisory to the senols-published plugin distributed under the gpt3-ai-content-generator slug, and the Trac source links point at tag 2.4.88, confirming the vulnerable logic is present in the released code shortly before the affected version ceiling of 2.4.89.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Remote AJAX endpoint (AV:N) but needs a non-default Role Manager grant (AC:H) and an existing low-privilege account (PR:L); only configuration tampering, so I:L and C/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The AI Puffer - Chat. Create. Automate. (formerly AI Power) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.89. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify global plugin indexing and vector-search configuration options (aipkit_training_general_settings and aipkit_indexing_field_settings), including chunking parameters, file upload visibility, and per-CPT field indexing settings, affecting all users of the plugin. This is only exploitable in configurations where an administrator has granted 'sources' module access to a lower-privileged role via the plugin's Role Manager.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files.
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