Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2026
CVE-2026-18404
Social Chat <= 8.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'consent_message' JSON Attribute in .qlwapp data-box
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'consent_message' JSON Attribute in .qlwapp data-box in all versions up to, and including, 8.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The exploit requires no user interaction beyond page load, as setting auto_open and consent_enabled to 'yes' in the injected data-box JSON causes the consent box — and the embedded script — to execute immediately on page load.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button · quadlayers
through 8.6.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
SC
Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button
quadlayers
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18404
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18404
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-whatsapp-chat/tags/8.5.1/build/frontend/js/index.js#L2
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-whatsapp-chat/tags/8.5.1/lib/controllers/class-frontend.php#L86
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-whatsapp-chat/tags/8.6.1/build/frontend/js/index.js#L2
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-whatsapp-chat/tags/8.6.1/lib/controllers/class-frontend.php#L86
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fwp-whatsapp-chat/tags/8.6.2&new_path=%2Fwp-whatsapp-chat/tags/8.6.3
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3667778%40wp-whatsapp-chat%2Ftags%2F8.6.3&old=3664149%40wp-whatsapp-chat%2Ftags%2F8.6.2
