๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-17153

MEDIUM 5.3

AI Agent by SiteGround <= 1.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Media Upload via /generate-content REST Endpoint

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The AI Agent by SiteGround plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload images to the WordPress media library, bypassing the upload_files capability restriction that Contributors are normally subject to, as authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or above can satisfy the endpoint's nonce and permission checks. The sg_ai_studio_gutenberg_nonce required by the endpoint is emitted to any user with block editor access โ€” including Contributors โ€” making the absent upload_files check the sole barrier to exploitation.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor siteground
Product ai agent by siteground
Published Aug 20, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

siteground / AI Agent by SiteGround
0 โ‰ค 1.2.7

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6280f40e-2998-43d4-a78f-b393e4f36df5?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sg-ai-studio/tags/1.2.6/core/Rest/Rest.php#L474 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sg-ai-studio/tags/1.2.6/core/Rest/Rest.php#L325 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sg-ai-studio/tags/1.2.6/core/Helper/Helper.php#L1077 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sg-ai-studio/tags/1.2.6/core/Helper/Helper.php#L604 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sg-ai-studio/tags/1.2.6/core/Rest/Gutenberg.php#L118 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3654622%40sg-ai-studio&new=3654622%40sg-ai-studio

Credits

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