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CVE-2026-39801

9.8 CRITICAL

Published 2026-10-10 · Updated 2026-10-13

AI risk analysis

Summary
A subscriber can escalate their privileges to gain full administrative access in AIWU versions 1.5.9 and earlier, allowing them to bypass authentication and perform critical system operations. This privilege escalation flaw enables attackers to fully compromise the application without needing valid credentials.
Exploitability
Exploitation is straightforward with no special preconditions required, as the vulnerability allows any authenticated subscriber to escalate their privileges to admin level through a direct access control bypass.
Blast radius
The impact could be severe across all AIWU installations running versions 1.5.9 or earlier, potentially allowing attackers to fully compromise user accounts, access sensitive data, and perform administrative actions on the platform.
Detection
No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation
Upgrade to AIWU version 1.5.10 or later to remediate this privilege escalation vulnerability.
privilege-escalationaccess-controlauthentication

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NVD description

Subscriber Privilege Escalation in AIWU <= 1.5.9 versions.

CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

CWE-266

All references

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

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