CVE-2023-49857

Missing Authorization vulnerability in awesomesupport Awesome Support awesome-support allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Awesome Support: from n/a through <= 6.1.7.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/awesome-support/vulnerability/wordpress-awesome-support-plugin-6-1-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:getawesomesupport:awesome_support:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-12-09 13:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:36

NVD link : CVE-2023-49857

Mitre link : CVE-2023-49857

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-49857

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Products Affected

getawesomesupport

awesome_support

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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