Awesome Support up to 6.1.4 on WordPress Attachment File access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Awesome Support up to 6.1.4 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Attachment File Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-5355. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Awesome Support up to 6.1.4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Attachment File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Awesome Support WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitize file paths when deleting temporary attachment files, allowing a ticket submitter to delete arbitrary files on the server.

The weakness was disclosed 11/07/2023 by Alex Sanford. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-5355 since 10/03/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Awesome Support 6.1.5

Timelineinfo

10/03/2023 🔍
11/07/2023 +35 days 🔍
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03/24/2025 +503 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Alex Sanford
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5355 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5355
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-244567

Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2023 03:09
Updated: 03/24/2025 19:41
Changes: 11/07/2023 03:09 (42), 12/02/2023 15:14 (11), 03/24/2025 19:41 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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