---
id: "CVE-2026-121576"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-121576"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-121576"]
title: "MCP Server for WordPress: incorrect privilege assignment allows privilege escalation"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "ai-tooling"
products: [{"name": "ai-workflow-automation-ai-agent-hub", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["ai-agent", "ai-tooling", "mcp", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-11-09T17:17:14+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-09T17:27:38+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-09T17:28:44+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-121576", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-09T17:27:38+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# MCP Server for WordPress: incorrect privilege assignment allows privilege escalation

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-121576 (this .md is for agents)

The MCP Server for WordPress plugin, published by AtlasAiDev as ai-workflow-automation-ai-agent-hub, assigns privileges incorrectly. A user with limited access can escalate their privileges on the WordPress site.

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

## Affected

- vendor:ai-workflow-automation-ai-agent-hub affected range not listed fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

- Check whether the `MCP Server for WordPress` plugin (slug ai-workflow-automation-ai-agent-hub) is installed and its version, in the WordPress admin under Plugins.
- Compare the installed version with the range in the sources: affected through `2.0.1`.

## Fix

- MCP Server for WordPress: unknown; the sources give no fixed version beyond the affected range ending at `2.0.1`.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-09T17:27:38+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-121576

## From the sources

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in AtlasAiDev MCP Server for WordPress ai-workflow-automation-ai-agent-hub allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MCP Server for WordPress: from n/a through 2.0.1.

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