CVE-2026-81807: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Simple Ajax Chat
The Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin before 20260827 does not escape chat message content before rendering it, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML attributes into the page and run scripts in the browser of anyone viewing the chat, including administrators.
CVE-2026-81807: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Simple Ajax Chat
Description
The Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin before 20260827 does not escape chat message content before rendering it, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML attributes into the page and run scripts in the browser of anyone viewing the chat, including administrators.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-27T12:27:55.970Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a97bd37acd9273b49d9bc5a
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 06:07:51 UTC
Last updated: 09/02/2026, 07:52:24 UTC
Views: 7
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