Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – May 27, 2026
Privilege escalation in the Firebase Support & Chat Management WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 3.1.1) lets any authenticated Subscriber-level user take over any other account, including Administrator. The plugin's acb_firebase_auth AJAX handler logs the request in as whatever WordPress account matches the attacker-supplied user_email parameter, never verifying the accompanying Firebase ID token. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis and the EPSS probability is very low (0.04%, 13th percentile), but the bug is trivially exploitable wherever the plugin is active and a low-privilege account can be obtained.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Executive ViewAI
The Firebase Support & Chat Management WordPress plugin (versions up to 3.1.1) contains a critical account takeover vulnerability allowing authenticated Subscriber-level users to compromise any WordPress account, including administrator access. While no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, the vulnerability is trivially exploitable and poses an immediate risk to all WordPress deployments running this plugin.
24 hours: Identify all WordPress installations using this plugin and assess business criticality; immediately disable the plugin if alternatives exist. 7 days: Contact the plugin vendor for patch status and timeline; implement restricted access to the acb_firebase_auth AJAX endpoint and strengthen authentication logging. 30 days: Upon vendor patch release, test in staging and deploy to all affected WordPress instances; evaluate long-term replacement with maintained alternatives.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: disable the plugin if not essential to operations; restrict AJAX access to the acb_firebase_auth handler; limit creation of Subscriber-level accounts; enable and monitor WordPress authentication and user modification logs; implement firewall rules blocking direct AJAX handler access where operationally feasible.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
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EUVD-2026-32079
GHSA-g86w-5353-83r2
NVD
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