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CVE-2026-81825

HIGH 7.2

Simple Ajax Chat <= 20260811 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Chat Message in all versions up to, and including, <= 20260811 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The nonce protecting chat message submission is publicly visible on the chat page, rendering it ineffective as an authentication barrier and allowing fully unauthenticated attackers to submit malicious messages that are stored persistently and rendered to all visitors on every page load.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor specialk
Product simple ajax chat – add a fast, secure chat box
Published Sep 11, 2026
Last Updated Sep 11, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

specialk / Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box
0 ≤ 20260811

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8336d8d6-81ac-40a6-af1e-167c12440908?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-ajax-chat/trunk/simple-ajax-chat-form.php#L144 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-ajax-chat/trunk/simple-ajax-chat-form.php#L143 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-ajax-chat/trunk/simple-ajax-chat-form.php#L182 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-ajax-chat/trunk/simple-ajax-chat-core.php#L34 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-ajax-chat/trunk/simple-ajax-chat.php#L698 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-ajax-chat/trunk/simple-ajax-chat.php#L329 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3669278%40simple-ajax-chat%2Ftrunk&old=3640838%40simple-ajax-chat%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

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