# CVE-2026-19946: Missing authorization in Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin

> Authenticated subscribers can deny any user account, including administrators, due to missing capability checks in the Awesome Support plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-px69-6v6w-wr68

## What is CVE-2026-19946?

CVE-2026-19946 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin, published on 9 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Awesome Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9. This is due to a missing capability check on the wpas_do_mr_deny_user() function, which unlike its counterpart wpas_do_mr_activate_user() does not enforce current_user_can('edit_users') or current_user_can('edit_user', $user_id), relying solely on a nonce that is not scoped to the target user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set the mr_user_denied flag on any user account — including administrators — permanently blocking their moderated activation and dispatching a denial notification email to the victim.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-19946?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-19946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-19946 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-19946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-19946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2026-19946 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-19946 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin, published on 9 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-19946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin. 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-2026-19946/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19946/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19946
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19946
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-19946

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19946/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.