Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-14229ECS < 4.3.8 - Unauthenticated Private Content Disclosure via ecsload

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in ECS from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The ECS WordPress plugin before 4.3.8 does not check the post status or any capability when rendering an Elementor document requested through one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the rendered content of unpublished (private, draft, pending) documents by supplying their identifier.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	ECS	0 – before 4.3.8

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52b44fc8-90af-45e4-a745-37e6369d8b6b/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description