AI Engine Plugin up to 2.8.3 on WordPress MCP can_access_mcp authorization

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A vulnerability was found in AI Engine Plugin up to 2.8.3 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is the function Meow_MWAI_Labs_MCP::can_access_mcp of the component MCP. The manipulation results in Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-5071. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in AI Engine Plugin up to 2.8.3 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function Meow_MWAI_Labs_MCP::can_access_mcp of the component MCP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'Meow_MWAI_Labs_MCP::can_access_mcp' function in versions 2.8.0 to 2.8.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to have full access to the MCP and run various commands like 'wp_create_user', 'wp_update_user' and 'wp_update_option', which can be used for privilege escalation, and 'wp_update_post', 'wp_delete_post', 'wp_update_comment' and 'wp_delete_comment', which can be used to edit and delete posts and comments.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-5071 since 05/21/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/24/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• AI Engine Plugin

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• 2.8.0
• 2.8.1
• 2.8.2
• 2.8.3

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