CVE-2024-24716 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-24716: WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.1.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Awesome Support Team

Product Awesome Support

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 9, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Awesome Support Team Awesome Support.This issue affects Awesome Support: from n/a through 6.1.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Awesome Support versions up to 6.1.6 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users to modify data they should not have access to. An attacker with a low-privilege account can alter or delete information belonging to other users or the system. The vulnerability requires valid login credentials but no additional user interaction.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify or delete data belonging to other users or the system without proper authorization.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Authenticated users can tamper with or destroy data outside their intended scope, compromising data integrity.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a valid low-privilege user account on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 9, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24716 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-24716

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 5.4 / MEDIUM

Affected versions