WordPress plugin · bit-assist
Is Chat Widget safe?
Safe on 1.8.3 or newer.
The current version, 1.8.3, is past every affected range on record (8 of 8 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 8
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 1.8.3
- Last updated
- Jul 29, 2026
- Active installs
- 9,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Aug 4, 2026Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat: Does not validate the typeCVE-2026-16548 · fixed in 1.8.2 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.5
- Dec 24, 2025Bit Assist: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2025-68596 · affects up to 1.5.11 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Apr 1, 2025Bit Assist: Path Traversal: '.../...//'CVE-2025-30834 · affects up to 1.5.4 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.5
- Feb 15, 2025Bit Assist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 via the fileID Parameter.CVE-2025-0822 · affects up to 1.5.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.5
- Feb 14, 2025Bit Assist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 due to insufficientCVE-2025-0821 · affects up to 1.5.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.5
- Feb 14, 2025Bit Assist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 via the downloadResponseFile() function.CVE-2024-13791 · affects up to 1.5.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.9
- Dec 29, 2023Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bit Assist Chat Widget: WhatsApp Chat, Facebook Messenger CVE-2023-51371 · affects up to 1.1.9 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
- Aug 21, 2023Bit Assist: Does not sanitise and escape some of its settingsCVE-2023-3667 · fixed in 1.1.9 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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