CVE-2026-16954

AI Engine < 3.6.4 - Editor+ Sensitive Information Disclosure of API Key and Bearer Tokens

Published Aug 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.4 does not redact secret configuration values before exposing them in an admin page's inline script data, allowing users with the Editor role to read the site's stored third-party API key and authentication tokens in cleartext, despite those secrets being restricted to administrators everywhere else.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions ai Engine
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions ai Engine
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Weaknesses CWE-200
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Description The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.4 does not redact secret configuration values before exposing them in an admin page's inline script data, allowing users with the Editor role to read the site's stored third-party API key and authentication tokens in cleartext, despite those secrets being restricted to administrators everywhere else.
Title AI Engine < 3.6.4 - Editor+ Sensitive Information Disclosure of API Key and Bearer Tokens
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2026, 2:27 PM
Reserved
Jul 24, 2026, 8:07 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 6, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:31 PM