Vulnerability · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-1981Winston AI <= 0.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Deletion
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI from winstonai. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the winston_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's API connection settings via the 'winston_disconnect' AJAX action.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| winstonai | HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI | 0 – through 0.0.3 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1a82073-ab63-42dd-9bc0-d21f53a5af25?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/trunk/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/tags/0.0.3/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/trunk/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L193
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/tags/0.0.3/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L193
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3468726%40winston-ai-wp&new=3468726%40winston-ai-wp