CVE-2024-8548CWE-862

KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base <= 1.6.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Multiple Administrator Actions

High · published October 1, 2024

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in the /includes/ajax-functions.php file all versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform multiple administrative actions, such as replying to arbitrary tickets, updating the status of any post, deleting any post, adding notes to tickets, flagging or unflagging tickets, and adding or removing ticket participants.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00360 · 28.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2024-10-01T07:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 07:30Z
    KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base <= 1.6.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Multiple Administrator Actions
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