Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin: Sensitive information exposure
Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin is affected by sensitive information exposure. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.
- Component
- Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin
- Plugin slug
awesome-support- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 01, 2025
This CVE was published Apr 01, 2025 and is one of 27 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.1 via the 'awesome-support' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data stored insecurely in the /wp-content/uploads/awesome-support directory which can contain file attachments included in support tickets. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 6.3.1.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N