{"data":{"id":"612900ea-eabc-4055-b362-0fffdfc6f493","title":"The Agent in the Middle: How AI-Mediated Access Reshapes Web Vulnerability Exploitation","summary":"Researchers built VELA, an executable benchmark of 44 vulnerabilities across twelve Web application families, and tested three commercial AI agents against agent-facing interfaces derived from legitimate workflows. The agents realized every attack that direct interface invocation realized in the reference configuration, with 91% of vulnerabilities remaining exploitable, and interface design affected exploitability more than agent choice, moving retention from 39% to 95%.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security","research"],"sourceUrl":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35541v2","publishedAt":"2026-10-26T14:53:22.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":["other"],"issueType":"research","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":[],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"epssCheckedAt":null,"kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":null,"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-10-26T14:53:22.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["confidentiality","integrity"],"aiComponentTargeted":"agent","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":"preprint","atlasIds":null}}