CVE-2024-0595: The Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability...
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-0595
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-862 Missing AuthorizationAffected Products
Vendor: awesomesupport
Product: Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.08% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 25.26% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-05-23 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: partial
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0595https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bfb77432-e58d-466e-a366-8b8d7f1b6982?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/trunk/includes/functions-user.php#L765
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3033134%40awesome-support&new=3033134%40awesome-support&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=