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FKIE_CVE-2022-46838

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-13 15:15 - Updated: 2026-01-23 20:13

Severity ?

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

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/js-support-ticket/vulnerability/wordpress-js-help-desk-plugin-2-7-1-unauthenticated-settings-change-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	joomsky	js_help_desk	*

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-13 14:22 – Updated: 2024-12-13 21:02

Title

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

Summary

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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Sightings

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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.

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FKIE_CVE-2022-46838

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

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