Firebase Support & Chat Management <= 3.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| devsabbirahmed | Firebase Support & Chat Management | up to 3.1.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Firebase Support & Chat Management Vendordevsabbirahmed Affected up to 3.1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8787
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g86w-5353-83r2
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/90783d75-a255-4133-ac7b-32e0a70c8c69?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/tags/3.1.1/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L237
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/trunk/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L237
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/tags/3.1.1/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L338
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-chat-box/trunk/inc/ACB_AjaxHandler.php#L338
More devsabbirahmed vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-02915 FormFlow < 2.12.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-8787 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8787 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g86w-5353-83r2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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