CVE-2025-12844
Description
The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection via PHAR Deserialization in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.8 via deserialization of untrusted input in the 'rest_simpleTranscribeAudio' and 'rest_simpleVisionQuery' functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present.
Affected WordPress components
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AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress Plugin · ai-engineUp to and including 3.1.8View on WordPress.org
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AI Engine Theme · ai-engineUp to and including 3.1.8View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- tigroumeow AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress — Up to and including 3.1.8
References
- github.com https://github.com/jordymeow/ai-engine/blob/main/classes/api.php#L799
- github.com https://github.com/jordymeow/ai-engine/blob/main/classes/engines/chatml.php#L960-L967
- github.com https://github.com/jordymeow/ai-engine/blob/main/classes/modules/files.php#L237
- github.com https://github.com/jordymeow/ai-engine/blob/main/classes/services/image.php#L43
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3392052/
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c39c1b72-e3e0-44fb-8fb8-602cb0aa61e3?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record