Support Ticket <= 1.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

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

CVE	CVE-2025-49422
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	August 20, 2025
Last Updated	August 26, 2025
Researcher	João Pedro Soares de Alcântara

Description

The Support Ticket plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	support-ticket (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.9
Patched Version

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