WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Awesome Support < 6.4.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Denial via 'user_id' Parameter
Description
The Awesome Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9. This is due to a missing capability check on the wpas_do_mr_deny_user() function, which unlike its counterpart wpas_do_mr_activate_user() does not enforce current_user_can('edit_users') or current_user_can('edit_user', $user_id), relying solely on a nonce that is not scoped to the target user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set the mr_user_denied flag on any user account — including administrators — permanently blocking their moderated activation and dispatching a denial notification email to the victim.
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References
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Wordfence PRISM
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-08 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-09-08 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-09 (about 1 month ago)