CVE-2024-8632 (GCVE-0-2024-8632)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-01 07:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:01
VLAI
Title
KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base <= 1.6.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Ticket Reply Exposure
Summary
The KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'kbs_ajax_load_front_end_replies' and 'kbs_ajax_mark_reply_as_read' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read replies of any ticket, and mark any reply as read.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
logoninc KB Support – Customer Support Ticket & Helpdesk Plugin, Knowledge Base Plugin Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.6.6 (semver)
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cagdasdag kb_support_wordpress_help_desk_and_knowledge_base Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.6.6 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:cagdasdag:kb_support_wordpress_help_desk_and_knowledge_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając
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