Vulnerability · Published May 20, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-8420BLOGCHAT Chat System <= 1.3.6.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Settings Update
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in BLOGCHAT Chat System from rdbeach. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The BLOGCHAT Chat System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rdbeach | BLOGCHAT Chat System | 0 – through 1.3.6.3 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a62186aa-19aa-445b-8fdc-b029bdafd58f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/trunk/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L208
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/tags/1.3.6.3/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L208
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/trunk/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L215
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/tags/1.3.6.3/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L215
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/trunk/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L222
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/tags/1.3.6.3/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L222
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/trunk/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L293
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blogchat-chat-system/tags/1.3.6.3/wp-blogchat-widget.php#L293