CVE-2024-8548

KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base <= 1.6.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Multiple Administrator Actions

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 1, 2024 at 07:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsKB SupportKb Support

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

KB Support· Logonwordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 1.6.6v < 1.6.7
Affected range stops below 1.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Kb Support· Cagdasdagwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 1.6.6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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