CVE-2026-8681

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-15 | Published 2026-05-16 | Updated 2026-05-16 | Assigner Wordfence

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Timeline

Credits

Abhirup Konwar finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-4c82-45c6-8e29-75cc9a9185be?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...settings/register-settings.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...unk/includes/ecs-functions.php

cve.org (CVE-2026-8681)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-8681)

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