CVE-2025-12751 WSChat – WordPress Live Chat <= 3.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Reset
Authenticated subscribers can reset WSChat plugin settings due to missing capability checks, requiring plugin updates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12751?
CVE-2025-12751 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in elextensions WSChat – WordPress Live Chat, published on 19 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WSChat – WordPress Live Chat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'reset_settings' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12751?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12751?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12751 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12751 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12751 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jh47-5p6m-9pgg.