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Unknown ECS — ECS < 4.3.8 - Unauthenticated Private Content Disclosure via ecsload
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U L N N 5.3 .0021 11.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
ECS unspecified —
TIMELINE
Jun 30 Reserved by WPScan
Aug 14 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-14229 (Unknown ECS). Public exploit reference added.
Aug 15 Published (CNA: WPScan)
Aug 16 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-14229 (Unknown ECS). Public exploit reference added.
Description
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document requested through one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the rendered content of unpublished (private, draft, pending) documents by supplying their identifier.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| June 30, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by WPScan |
| August 14, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-14229 (Unknown ECS). Public exploit reference added. |
| August 15, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: WPScan) |
| August 16, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-14229 (Unknown ECS). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Unknown | ECS | — | — | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-14229 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.