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CVE-2026-52698 (GCVE-0-2026-52698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-17 09:51 – Updated: 2026-06-17 14:39

Title

WordPress PushEngage – Web Push Notifications, eCommerce Automation & Chat Widget plugin <= 4.2.3 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability

Summary

Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in PushEngage – Web Push Notifications, eCommerce Automation & Chat Widget <= 4.2.3 versions.

Severity

7.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-17 14:39 UTC

CWE

CWE-201 - Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Syed Balkhi	PushEngage – Web Push Notifications, eCommerce Automation & Chat Widget	Affected: n/a , ≤ 4.2.3 (custom)	guessed

Credits

Jakub Herman | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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FKIE_CVE-2026-52698

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-17 13:20 - Updated: 2026-06-17 15:17

Severity

7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Summary

Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in PushEngage – Web Push Notifications, eCommerce Automation & Chat Widget <= 4.2.3 versions.

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/pushengage/vulnerability/wordpress-pushengage-web-push-notifications-ecommerce-automation-chat-widget-plugin-4-2-3-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-J2JH-VV93-JWXF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-17 18:35 – Updated: 2026-06-17 18:35

Details

Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in PushEngage – Web Push Notifications, eCommerce Automation & Chat Widget <= 4.2.3 versions.

Severity

7.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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