CVE-2024-0595 Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 6.1.7 - Missing Authorization via wpas_get_users()
Authenticated attackers can retrieve sensitive user data like emails due to missing capability checks in the Awesome Support 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-2024-0595?
CVE-2024-0595 is a medium-severity missing authorization 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 unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpas_get_users() function hooked via AJAX in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve user data such as emails. CVE-2024-35741 is likely a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0595?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Getawesomesupport Awesome Support.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0595?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0595 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-0595 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0595 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin
- CVE-2024-0594 Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 6.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
- 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
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rpr9-6rwm-4w63.