CVE-2023-23716 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2023-23716

WordPress Zendesk Support for WordPress plugin <= 1.8.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

4.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Zendesk Zendesk Support for WordPress allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Zendesk Support for WordPress: from n/a through 1.8.4.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

István Márton (Patchstack Alliance)

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/zendesk/vulnerability/wordpress-zendesk-support-for-wordpress-plugin-1-8-4-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf?_s_id=cve

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Affected Software

Zendesk Support for WordPress

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: December 9th, 2024

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

Persistence

T1531 Account Access Removal

Impact