CVE-2026-14229 in ECS Plugin

Summary

by MITRE • 08/15/2026

The ECS WordPress plugin before 4.3.8 does not check the post status or any capability when rendering an Elementor document requested through one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the rendered content of unpublished (private, draft, pending) documents by supplying their identifier.

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• Responsible: WPScan
• Reservation: 06/30/2026
• Disclosure: 08/15/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-390219
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-284 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Hostingprovider

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14229
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14229
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-14229/