vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: js-support-ticket: CVE-2018-21002: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 25, 2018
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The JS Help Desk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain otherwise unauthorized access to administrative privileges via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Solution

js-support-ticket-plugin-cve-2018-21002
Title
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