CVE-2024-35741 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-35741: WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.1.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Awesome Support Team

Product Awesome Support

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 10, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 6.1.7.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Awesome Support versions up to 6.1.7 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users to read sensitive information they should not access. An attacker with a low-privilege account can view confidential data without additional interaction. Update to a version newer than 6.1.7 to remediate.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information belonging to other users or the site.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Confidential data may be exposed to authenticated users who lack permission to view it.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege account on the site; no user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 10, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35741 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-35741

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions