Authorization bypass in WordPress JS Help Desk plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Ahmad JS Help Desk (js-support-ticket) versions through 4.0.0 contain an authorization bypass through a user controlled key (CWE-639). A remote attacker with low privileges can read and modify data it should not access, without user interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Ahmad JS Help Desk js-support-ticket allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects JS Help Desk: from n/a through 4.0.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for JS Help Desk.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103079
- 2026-10-05 Alias added: GHSA-w2mg-rw6r-fxx8
- 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
More Ahmad vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-29441 WordPress GeekyBot plugin <= 1.2.2 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-36149 WordPress JS Help Desk plugin <= 3.0.9 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-30943 WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.5.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-28493 WordPress GeekyBot plugin <= 1.2.0 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-40448 WordPress JS Help Desk plugin <= 3.1.1 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2026-36150 WordPress JS Help Desk plugin <= 3.0.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-103079 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103079 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w2mg-rw6r-fxx8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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