What is CVE-2024-8632?

CVE-2024-8632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Logon Kb Support, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-8632?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8632 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Logon Kb Support

CVE-2024-8632

The KB Support – WordPress Help Desk and Knowledge Base plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'kbs_ajax_load_front_end_replies' and 'kbs_ajax_mark_reply_as_read' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read replies of any ticket, and mark any reply as read.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8632?: CVE-2024-8632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Logon Kb Support, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-8632?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8632 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.