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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-8548
CVSS High (8.1)
Publicly Published September 30, 2024
Last Updated October 17, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug kb-support (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.6
Patched Version
  • 1.6.7
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