JS Help Desk < 3.1.4 - Contributor+ User Email Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The JS Help Desk WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 grants a support-agent capability to the Contributor role on activation and does not perform a capability check on a user-listing handler, allowing Contributor-level users to enumerate the email addresses of all registered WordPress users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | JS Help Desk | before 3.1.4 | 3.1.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- JS Help Desk VendorUnknown Affected before 3.1.4 Fixed in 3.1.4 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA JS Help Desk (Unknown) Fixed in 3.1.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
JS Help Desk 3.1.4
4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-12574 JS Help Desk < 3.1.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Ticket File Attachment UploadPriority HIGH 72
- TI-2026-12572 JS Help Desk < 3.1.4 - Subscriber+ Sensitive Information Disclosure via checkAIReplyTicketsBySubjectPriority MEDIUM 62
- TI-2026-12573 JS Help Desk < 3.1.4 - Subscriber+ Ticket Reply Modification via IDORPriority MEDIUM 53
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14931
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4w98-gcq5-58rp
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-14931 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-14931 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4w98-gcq5-58rp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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