PT-2024-15677 · WordPress · The Awesome Support – Wordpress Helpdesk & Support Plugin

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2024-02-10 · Updated 2024-06-10 · CVE-2024-0596

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin versions up to, and including, 6.1.7

Description The issue is related to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the editor html() function. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to view password protected and draft posts.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 6.1.7, update to a version higher than 6.1.7 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the editor html() function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0596

Affected Products

The Awesome Support – Wordpress Helpdesk & Support Plugin

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3033134%40awesome-support&new=3033134%40awesome-support&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0596 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1756214816442573170 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1756332058727584130 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/82581 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4358e2a-b7f6-44b6-a38a-5b27cb15e1cd?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/71823 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/70943 · Telegram Post