CVE-2023-51537 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-51537: WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.1.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Awesome Support Team

Product Awesome Support

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 12, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Awesome Support Team Awesome Support.This issue affects Awesome Support: from n/a through 6.1.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Awesome Support versions up to 6.1.5 lack proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive information. An attacker can access the application over the network without special conditions or user interaction. The vulnerability exposes confidential data but does not allow modification or service disruption. Update to a version newer than 6.1.5.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information without authentication.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Confidential data may be exposed to unauthenticated visitors.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the application; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 12, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51537 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-51537

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 5.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions