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CVE-2025-12641

MEDIUM 6.5 CVSS 3.1
Published
January 16, 2026
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-862
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Description

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin Plugin · awesome-support
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 6.3.6
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • awesomesupport Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin — Up to and including 6.3.6

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/includes/functions-actions.php#L36
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/includes/functions-actions.php#L66
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/includes/functions-user.php#L1686
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.3.5/themes/default/registration.php#L183
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3435609/awesome-support/trunk/includes/functions-user.php?contextall=1
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5a8e4ca-c16b-4e9d-8ad2-5a671fdbc49a?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record