CVE-2024-0594 Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 6.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
Authenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection to extract sensitive database information from the Awesome Support WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0594?
CVE-2024-0594 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin, published on 10 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to union-based SQL Injection via the 'q' parameter of the wpas_get_users action in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0594?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Getawesomesupport Awesome Support.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0594?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-0594 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0594 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin
- CVE-2023-5355 Awesome Support < 6.1.5 - Submitter+ Arbitrary File Deletion
- CVE-2015-9318 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2023-49857 WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.1.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2022-3511 Awesome Support < 6.1.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Exported Tickets Download
- CVE-2023-5354 Awesome Support < 6.1.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-48qf-jjwf-7c3j.