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Tawk.To Live Chat vulnerabilities
Tawk.To Live Chat has 1 known vulnerability in this database. The most recent published record is dated 6 Dec 2021.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 1
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- Latest version
- 0.9.3
- Last updated
- 14 Jan 2026
- Most recent
- 6 Dec 2021
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2021-24914 | High 8.0 | Before 0.6.0 | Fixed in 0.6.0 | 6 Dec 2021 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2021-24914, 6 Dec 2021
- The Tawk.To Live Chat WordPress plugin before 0.6.0 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the tawkto_setwidget and tawkto_removewidget AJAX actions, available to any authenticated user. The first one allows low-privileged users (including simple subscribers) to change the 'tawkto-embed-widget-page-id' and 'tawkto-embed-widget-widget-id' parameters. Any authenticated user can thus link the vulnerable website to their own Tawk.to instance. Consequently, they will be able to monitor the vulnerable website and interact with its visitors (receive contact messages, answer, ...). They will also be able to display an arbitrary Knowledge Base. The second one will remove the live chat widget from pages. CVE record
What to do if you run Tawk.To Live Chat
If you run Tawk.To Live Chat, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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