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CVE-2019-12498

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

• CODECABIN_ WP Live Chat Support: before 8.0.33 — fixed in 8.0.33

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: CODECABIN_ WP Live Chat Support 8.0.33. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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