Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-9810AI Chatbot & Workflow Automation by AIWU < 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via MCP OAuth
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in AI Copilot from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | AI Copilot | 0 – before 1.5.4 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6378a370-fe2f-48e7-984f-6e6c575dba60/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description