CVE-2019-12498 — The WP Live Chat Support plugin before 8

The WP Live Chat Support plugin before 8.0.33 for WordPress accepts certain REST API calls without invoking the wplc_api_permission_check protection mechanism.

01What is this vulnerability?

The WP Live Chat Support plugin before 8.0.33 for WordPress accepts certain REST API calls without invoking the wplc_api_permission_check protection mechanism.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-03-20T18:37:23.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:24:38.118Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-live-chat-support/#developers
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2098577/wp-live-chat-support/trunk
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-live-chat-support/