CVE-2024-12171: The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the…

PriorityP355high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.48%

38.0th percentile

The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'eh_crm_agent_add_user' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create new administrative user accounts.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
elextensions	elex_wordpress_helpdesk_customer_ticketing_system	<= 3.2.6	—
elula	wsdesk	< 3.2.7	3.2.7

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