---
id: "CVE-2026-112828"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112828"]
title: "AI Engine WordPress plugin: missing authorization check through version 3.8.6"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "ai-tooling"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["ai-engine", "ai-tooling", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T09:16:34+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T09:29:15+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T09:31:03+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112828", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T09:29:15+00:00"}]
---

# AI Engine WordPress plugin: missing authorization check through version 3.8.6

AI Engine is a WordPress plugin by Meow Apps that adds AI features to a site. A missing authorization check lets a user reach functionality they should not be allowed to use, according to the advisory.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed AI Engine plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get ai-engine --field=version`
- Confirm whether the installed version is `3.8.6` or earlier

## Fix

- Update AI Engine to a version later than `3.8.6`; the advisory does not name the fixed release, so check the plugin changelog
- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T09:29:15+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112828

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Meow Apps AI Engine ai-engine allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects AI Engine: from n/a through 3.8.6.

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