# CVE-2024-30539: WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.1.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Awesome Support WordPress plugin to access restricted functionality.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7wfq-88gv-jvph

## What is CVE-2024-30539?

CVE-2024-30539 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Awesome Support, published on 9 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Awesome Support Team Awesome Support.This issue affects Awesome Support: from n/a through 6.1.7.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30539?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Getawesomesupport Awesome Support.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-30539?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-30539 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Awesome Support

- [CVE-2024-0594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0594/): Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 6.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-5355](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5355/): Awesome Support < 6.1.5 - Submitter+ Arbitrary File Deletion (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-9318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9318/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-49857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49857/): WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.1.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-3511](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3511/): Awesome Support < 6.1.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Exported Tickets Download (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-30539 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-30539 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Awesome Support, published on 9 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Awesome Support. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30539/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30539
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30539
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30539

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30539/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.