Unauthorized Access to Replies in WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base Plugin
CVE-2024-8632

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Kb Support – WordPress Help Desk And Knowledge Base
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 October 2024

Summary

The KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'kbs_ajax_load_front_end_replies' and 'kbs_ajax_mark_reply_as_read' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read replies of any ticket, and mark any reply as read.

Affected Version(s)

KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base * <= 1.6.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/tru...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/tru...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając
.