CVE-2024-8548

HIGH

KB Support - WordPress Help Desk - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in the /includes/ajax-functions.php file all versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform multiple administrative actions, such as replying to arbitrary tickets, updating the status of any post, deleting any post, adding notes to tickets, flagging or unflagging tickets, and adding or removing ticket participants.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 27.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (2)
logon/kb_support < 1.6.7
logoninc/KB Support – Customer Support Ticket & Helpdesk Plugin, Knowledge Base Plugin < 1.6.6
Published Oct 01, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026