Chat On Desk <= 1.0.8 - Unauthenticated Two-Factor Authentication Bypass to Password Reset
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.9
- Affected Plugin
- Chat On Desk Order Notifications – WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.8- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
- CVE
CVE-2026-14309
At a glance
CVE-2026-14309 is a medium-severity Improper Authentication vulnerability in the Chat On Desk Order Notifications WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.8. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2026, reported by moonge.
Vulnerability Overview
The Chat On Desk Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Two-Factor Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass an OTP and reset arbitrary users passwords.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-287: Improper Authentication
Reaching this weakness in Chat On Desk Order Notifications <= 1.0.8 takes no account at all. Improper authentication means the mechanism that proves who a caller is can be satisfied without the secret it was supposed to require.
An attacker authenticates as another user — administrators included — without ever knowing a password, so password policies and login rate limits never come into play. For Chat On Desk Order Notifications the fix is 1.0.9: builds <= 1.0.8 are affected, anything from 1.0.9 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.9, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Chat On Desk Order Notifications 1.0.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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External References
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