Fluent Support <= 1.8.0 - Insufficient Authorization on Email Verification

2024-09-25 00:00

Khalid Yusuf

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.8.1

Affected PluginFluent Support – Helpdesk & Customer Support Ticket System

Affected Version<= 1.8.0

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-47302

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Vulnerability Overview

The Fluent Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email verification due to insufficient validation on the sendSignupEmailVerificationHtml ()function in versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to verify emails that do not belong to themselves.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.8.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47302 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/039ac1d9-ccb5-43d0-8b17-10d12b7df90e

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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