CVE-2025-8084

AI Engine <= 3.1.8 - Authenticated (Editor+) Server-Side Request Forgery

2025-11-18 00:28
Jonas Benjamin Friedli

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.1.9
Affected Plugin
AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress
Affected Version
<= 3.1.8
CVSS
6.8Medium
Weakness type
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE
CVE-2025-8084
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At a glance

CVE-2025-8084 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the AI Engine WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.1.8. It carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Editor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.1.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2025, reported by Jonas Benjamin Friedli.

Vulnerability Overview

The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.8 via the rest_helpers_create_images function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. On Cloud instances, this issue allows for metadata retrieving.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Reaching this weakness in AI Engine <= 3.1.8 takes an account at Editor level or above. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For AI Engine the fix is 3.1.9: builds <= 3.1.8 are affected, anything from 3.1.9 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.1.9, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Editor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: AI Engine 3.1.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8084https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b497bc0-bf47-43c7-9d5f-8e130dd0bab2https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8084

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