Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 3.1.6 - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2015-9318
CVSS	Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published	May 15, 2015
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Anton Kulpinov

Description

The awesome-support plugin before 3.1.7 for WordPress has a security issue in which shortcodes are allowed in replies.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	awesome-support (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.1.7
Patched Version	3.1.7

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