CVE-2026-14526CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-14526

Critical · published August 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The AI Copilot – Content Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator-level user account and achieve full site takeover by saving and executing a malicious workflow containing a wp_create_user action node specifying role=administrator. This vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated attackers on any site where the [aiwu-form] shortcode or public chatbot is rendered on a frontend page, as the waic-nonce value is emitted into publicly accessible JavaScript (WAIC_DATA.waicNonce) on those pages, rendering the nonce check a non-functional authorization barrier.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00912 · 59.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-08-08T11:17Z
References (13)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/classes/assets.php#L96 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/classes/frame.php#L211 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/forms/views/forms.php#L87 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/workflow/blocks/actions/wp_create_user.php#L107 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/workflow/controller.php#L39 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.4/modules/workflow/controller.php#L86 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/classes/assets.php#L96 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/classes/frame.php#L211 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/forms/views/forms.php#L87 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/workflow/blocks/actions/wp_create_user.php#L107 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/workflow/controller.php#L39 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-copilot-content-generator/tags/1.5.6/modules/workflow/controller.php#L86 · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e28ae1a3-abc6-484c-abc7-1e0b958fa30b?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 AUG 06:38Z
    AI Copilot – Content Generator <= 1.5.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Workflow Route
    cvelistv5