The WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform a capability check on the AJAX action that saves its Claude AI provider settings, allowing users with subscriber-level access to overwrite those settings, including the API key used for the WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6's outgoing AI requests.

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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wpbot
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Wordpress-extensions wpbot

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6 does not perform a capability check on the AJAX action that saves its Claude AI provider settings, allowing users with subscriber-level access to overwrite those settings, including the API key used for the WPBot WordPress plugin before 8.7.6's outgoing AI requests.
Title WPBot 8.7.2 - 8.7.5 - Subscriber+ Claude AI Settings Update
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:32:13.415Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T17:18:39.516Z

Link: CVE-2026-87959

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:14:47.465Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:35.610

Modified: 2026-09-17T13:16:57.220

Link: CVE-2026-87959

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-13T12:37:38Z

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