Is CVE-2026-96561 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96561 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-96561?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 1 October 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Meow Apps The AI Engine up to and including 3.8.0.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96561?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-96561 attacked?

It is attacked over the network.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-96561?

Check whether you run Meow Apps The AI Engine at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-96561: The AI Engine WordPress plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2026-96561 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2026-10-01

The AI Engine plugin for WordPress, which adds chatbot and AI framework capabilities to WordPress sites, is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). An unauthenticated attacker can inject malicious scripts into the WordPress dashboard that execute whenever an administrator views it, potentially allowing account takeover, malware installation, or data theft from the site administrator's browser session.

Vendors: Meow Apps.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-96561 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96561 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-96561?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 1 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Meow Apps The AI Engine up to and including 3.8.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96561?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-96561 attacked?: It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-96561?: Check whether you run Meow Apps The AI Engine at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The vulnerability is a chain of flaws: inadequate input filtering on the /mwai-ui/v1/chats/submit REST endpoint allows attackers to bypass a denylist via key canonicalization (model_ → model), write attacker-controlled strings to the PHP error log unescaped, and subsequently retrieve that log content through the plugin's error parser and Advisor task, which injects it into AI prompts and stores the unsanitized response in the database. The Advisor dashboard widget then renders this stored content without HTML escaping, creating a Stored XSS vulnerability accessible to any authenticated WordPress administrator viewing the dashboard.

Affected products

Meow Apps The AI Engine up to and including 3.8.0

Timeline

2026-10-01: disclosed

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