Description
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in FormyChat <= 2.15.7 versions.
Published: 2026-08-18
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

This vulnerability is an unauthenticated broken access control flaw in the FormyChat WordPress plugin versions up to 2.15.7. It allows attackers without credentials to perform privileged operations via plugin endpoints, as it fails to enforce proper access control. The weakness is classified as CWE‑862, indicating a failure to properly enforce access control. Based on the description, it is inferred that unauthorized users can trigger privileged plugin actions.

Affected Systems

The affected product is the WordPress FormyChat plugin (reported as WPPOOL:FormyChat) in all releases through and including version 2.15.7. Any WordPress site that has this plugin installed and has not been updated beyond 2.15.7 is vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 7.5 indicates high severity and the vulnerability is exploitable without authentication. Based on the description, it is inferred that attackers can exploit it via HTTP requests to plugin‑specific URLs. The EPSS score is not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, so no public exploit data is currently known. Nonetheless, because the flaw allows any internet user to perform privileged operations, the risk is significant, especially for sites with sensitive data or active user interactions facilitated by the plugin.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 18, 2026 at 17:14 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the FormyChat plugin to the latest release (greater than 2.15.7), which contains the access‑control fix.
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, restrict access to the plugin’s administrative and AJAX endpoints, for example by limiting them to authenticated administrators or by using a security plugin to block unauthenticated requests to /wp‑content/plugins/formychat/*.php.
  • Configure the web server to deny direct HTTP access to the plugin’s directory, permitting read access only from the WordPress core (e.g., using Nginx location blocks or Apache .htaccess rules to restrict /wp‑content/plugins/formychat/ to internal use).

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 18, 2026 at 17:14 UTC.

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History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wppool
Wppool formychat
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wppool
Wppool formychat

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in FormyChat <= 2.15.7 versions.
Title WordPress FormyChat plugin <= 2.15.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress
Wppool Formychat
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:13:01.801Z

Reserved: 2026-03-02T16:05:30.326Z

Link: CVE-2026-28571

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:01:13.818Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-18T14:17:02.850

Modified: 2026-08-20T12:49:04.990

Link: CVE-2026-28571

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-08-18T17:15:04Z

Weaknesses