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[NVD] CVE-2026-16953 — The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.4 does not verify ownership of a guest's uploaded chatbot files before deletion, authorising the action solely by a client-supplied session cookie value, so an unauthenticated attacker who obtains a victim's session identifier and file r

mednvdPublished 2026-08-08

CVE-2026-16953 CVSS: None Published: 2026-08-08T07:17:11.337

The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.4 does not verify ownership of a guest's uploaded chatbot files before deletion, authorising the action solely by a client-supplied session cookie value, so an unauthenticated attacker who obtains a victim's session identifier and file reference can delete that victim's uploaded files.

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16953