CVE-2025-12641 json
Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 6.3.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Role Demotion
published 2026-01-16 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-2970
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Awesome Support - WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.6. This is due to the 'wpas_do_mr_activate_user' function not verifying that a user has permission to modify other users' roles, combined with a nonce reuse vulnerability where public registration nonces are valid for privileged actions because all actions share the same nonce namespace. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to demote administrators to low-privilege roles via the 'wpas-do=mr_activate_user' action with a user-controlled 'user_id' parameter, granted they can access the publicly available registration/submit ticket page to extract a valid nonce.
Patch / fix
- awesomesupport awesome_support_wordpress_helpdesk_&_support 6.3.7
- getawesomesupport awesome_support 6.3.7
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 9 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
Affected products
- awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5a8e4ca-c16b-4e9d-8ad2-5a671fdbc49a?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/includes/functions-actions.php#L36
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/includes/functions-actions.php#L66
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/includes/functions-user.php#L1686
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/themes/default/registration.php#L183
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3435609/awesome-support/trunk/includes/functions-user.php?contextall=1
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-12641
- NVD CVE-2025-12641
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