Awesome Support <= 6.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Denial via 'user_id' Parameter
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.3epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 84% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The Awesome Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9. This is due to a missing capability check on the wpas_do_mr_deny_user() function, which unlike its counterpart wpas_do_mr_activate_user() does not enforce current_user_can('edit_users') or current_user_can('edit_user', $user_id), relying solely on a nonce that is not scoped to the target user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set the mr_user_denied flag on any user account — including administrators — permanently blocking their moderated activation and dispatching a denial notification email to the victim.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.9/includes/functions-actions.php#L25https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.9/includes/functions-user.php#L1650https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.9/includes/functions-user.php#L1731https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/awesome-support/https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/208f9475-446c-4cf1-9d70-a845cf9b3005?source=cve