The Firebase Support & Chat Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the firebase_auth() function authenticating the request as the WordPress user whose email is supplied in the user_email POST parameter without verifying ownership of that email (no Firebase ID token signature/issuer/audience verification). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to log in as an arbitrary existing user — including an Administrator — by submitting that user's email address to the acb_firebase_auth AJAX action, resulting in full account takeover.
CVE-2026-8787
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-27. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 40(Track)EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 21%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 27, 2026
Last Modified
May 27, 2026
References (5)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/tags/3.1.1/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L237
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/tags/3.1.1/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L338
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/trunk/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L237
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/trunk/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L338
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/90783d75-a255-4133-ac7b-32e0a70c8c69?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8787(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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