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CVE-2022-46838 (GCVE-0-2022-46838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-13 14:22 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07

Title

WordPress JS Help Desk plugin <= 2.7.1 - Unauthenticated Settings Change Vulnerability

Summary

Missing Authorization vulnerability in JS Help Desk JS Help Desk – Best Help Desk & Support Plugin allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects JS Help Desk – Best Help Desk & Support Plugin: from n/a through 2.7.1.

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Patchstack

References

URL

Tags

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/…

vdb-entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	JS Help Desk	JS Help Desk – Best Help Desk & Support Plugin	Affected: n/a , ≤ 2.7.1 (custom)

Credits

RE-ALTER (Patchstack Alliance)

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GSD-2022-46838

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19

Details

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

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CVE-2022-46838

Aliases

CVE-2022-46838

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GHSA-V2Q3-J5HX-299F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-13 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-23 15:33

Details

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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FKIE_CVE-2022-46838

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-13 15:15 - Updated: 2026-04-28 19:19

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	joomsky	js_help_desk	*

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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CVE-2022-46838 (GCVE-0-2022-46838)

GSD-2022-46838

GHSA-V2Q3-J5HX-299F

FKIE_CVE-2022-46838

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