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CVE-2026-15610: WPBot AI ChatBot WordPress plugin authorization bypass in RAG re-embedding

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2026-15610
Published: July 16, 2026
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.4%

Summary

CVE-2026-15610 affects the WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 8.5.6. The plugin does not properly verify that a user is authorized to perform an action, letting authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above trigger arbitrary re-embedding of stored RAG documents. This modifies the rag_documents table and consumes the site owner's paid third-party AI API credits (OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, or xAI).

Mitigation

The source does not state a fix yet. Check the original advisory for updates.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 4.3(medium)
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector: network
Attack complexity: low
Privileges required: low
User interaction: none
EPSS: 0.4%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on October 11, 2026.
Disclosure date: July 16, 2026

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Attack pattern (CAPEC): CAPEC-122

Affected

Vendors: OpenAI,
Google,
xAI

Classification

Attack type: Other
Attack sophistication: Trivial
AI component targeted: RAG
Impact: Integrity,
Availability
Labels: security

How this record was produced

Summaries, mitigations and labels on this page are generated automatically from the source. The linked source is authoritative. The source gives this advisory a description and no title, so the title above is a headline generated from the source text.

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15610

First tracked: July 16, 2026 at 08:08 AM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 90% (self-assessed)

Summary

Mitigation

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