WordPress Penci AI SmartContent Creator plugin <= 2.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2026-02-19 8mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2026-8356

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PenciDesign Penci AI SmartContent Creator penci-ai allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Penci AI SmartContent Creator: from n/a through <= 2.0.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 8mo ago (2026-02-20)

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

PenciDesign Penci AI SmartContent Creator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/penci-ai/vulnerability/wordpress-penci-ai-smartcontent-creator-plugin-2-0-broken-ac
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Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-27055
NVD CVE-2026-27055

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