Answer in brief
CVE-2026-16955 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in AI Engine < 3.6.6 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Read via Audio Transcription. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Unknown/AI Engine (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Unknown/AI Engine (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown/AI Enginegeneric | >=0 <3.6.6 | 3.6.6 |
Published upstream
Aug 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 8, 2026
The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.6 does not confine a caller-supplied file path before reading it and forwarding the contents to an external service, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read arbitrary files from the server and exfiltrate them off-host. Reaching the issue at subscriber level requires a non-default public API feature to be enabled; otherwise the same issue is reachable by an administrator, which on multisite allows a non-super subsite administrator to read the network-shared configuration and its secrets.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-16955 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in AI Engine < 3.6.6 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Read via Audio Transcription. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Unknown/AI Engine (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Unknown/AI Engine (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown/AI Enginegeneric | >=0 <3.6.6 | 3.6.6 |
Published upstream
Aug 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 8, 2026
The AI Engine WordPress plugin before 3.6.6 does not confine a caller-supplied file path before reading it and forwarding the contents to an external service, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read arbitrary files from the server and exfiltrate them off-host. Reaching the issue at subscriber level requires a non-default public API feature to be enabled; otherwise the same issue is reachable by an administrator, which on multisite allows a non-super subsite administrator to read the network-shared configuration and its secrets.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.