Hive Support WordPress Plugin Broken Access Control Vulnerability

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the Hive Support WordPress Help Desk plugin, specifically in versions through 1.1.6. 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 missing authorization checks in the plugin.

Remediation

Users of the Hive Support WordPress plugin should update to version 1.1.7 or later to address this vulnerability.