WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-1981 Deferred

HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI: A security weakness

HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI
Plugin slug
winston-ai-wp
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Mar 07, 2026
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Mar 07, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update HUMN-1 AI Website Scanner & Human Certification by Winston AI to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical 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.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources