Winston AI <= 0.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Deletion

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-1981
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 6, 2026
Last Updated March 6, 2026
Researcher Legion Hunter
Description

The HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the winston_disconnect() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's API connection settings via the 'winston_disconnect' AJAX action.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug winston-ai-wp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.0.3
Patched Version
  • 0.0.4
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