CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

Essential Chat Support <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Reset via 'ecs_reset_settings' Parameter_CVE-2026-8681

5.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

The Essential Chat Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. 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 reset all plugin configuration settings — including general settings, display rules, custom CSS, and WooCommerce tab settings — to their defaults by sending a POST request with ecs_reset_settings=1.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-8681
Source Wordfence
Published May 16, 2026 at 02:26

Affected Product

Vendor essentialplugin
Product Essential Chat Support
Affected Versions essentialplugin Essential Chat Support 0

CWE Classification

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