Zendesk Support for WordPress Missing Authorization Vulnerability Allowing Broken Access Control

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the Zendesk Support for WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 1.8.4. This vulnerability allows unprivileged users to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially leading to unauthorized actions that require higher privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unprivileged user to perform actions that require higher privileges, due to the lack of proper authorization checks.

Remediation

Users of the Zendesk Support for WordPress plugin should update to version 1.8.5 or later. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.