CVE-2026-1981
Winston AI <= 0.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Deletion
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 4.3EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
06 Mar 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
The HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the winston_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's API connection settings via the 'winston_disconnect' AJAX action.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/tags/0.0.3/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L193https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/tags/0.0.3/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L38https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/trunk/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L193https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/winston-ai-wp/trunk/ajax/Ajax_Admin.php#L38https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3468726%40winston-ai-wp&new=3468726%40winston-ai-wphttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1a82073-ab63-42dd-9bc0-d21f53a5af25?source=cve