Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2026· Updated Apr 22, 2026

CVE-2026-1253

Description

The Group Chat & Video Chat by AtomChat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'atomchat_update_auth_ajax' and 'atomchat_update_layout_ajax' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update plugin options, including critical settings such as API keys, authentication keys, and layout configurations.

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Affected products

AtomChat/Group Chat & Video Chat by AtomChatllm-create
Range: <=1.1.7
WordPress/Group Chat & Video Chat by AtomChatwp-canonicalize

Patches

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/atomchat/tags/1.1.7/includes/atomchat_requesthandler.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/atomchat/trunk/includes/atomchat_requesthandler.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c2980c3-0038-42ab-8751-72c40921477anvd

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