Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-8548

Title: Logon Kb Support Broken Access Control

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-8548.

CWE Category CWE-862
Published Date Oct 01, 2024
Modified Date Apr 08, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-8548: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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wpchill 1
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logon 1

Reference Links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L138 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L172 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L211 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L240 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L458 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L531 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L580 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L605 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L630 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L649 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L801 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kb-support/trunk/includes/ajax-functions.php#L869 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5fb90b3b-08bd-4887-a6bf-054b42d3e403?source=cve
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-8548 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.