---
id: CVE-2026-96268
title: >-
  The Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin plugin for WordPress
  is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'gdpr-data' parameter in
  all versions up to, and including, 6.4.0 due to insufficient input
  sanitization …
summary: >-
  The Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin plugin for WordPress
  is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'gdpr-data' parameter in
  all versions up to, and including, 6.4.0 due to insufficient input
  sanitization …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: awesomesupport
product: Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin
affected:
  - awesome_support_wordpress_helpdesk_support_plugin <= 6.4.0
published: '2026-10-01'
updated: '2026-10-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-01T09:17:10.433'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96268'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.4.0/includes/functions-general.php#L2190
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.4.0/includes/functions-user.php#L1538
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.4.0/includes/gdpr-integration/gdpr-privacy-options.php#L1111
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.4.0/includes/gdpr-integration/gdpr-privacy-options.php#L1186
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/awesome-support/tags/6.4.0/includes/gdpr-integration/gdpr-user-profile.php#L250
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3719753%40awesome-support&new=3719753%40awesome-support
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/617afd4e-107a-48ad-9e3e-1771874796ff?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-01T09:41:14.159Z'
---

## Overview

The Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'gdpr-data' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is exploitable by Subscriber-level users against other accounts because the AJAX handlers accept an arbitrary gdpr-user ID without verifying it belongs to the requester, and the required wpas-gdpr-nonce is emitted via wp_localize_script to every logged-in user on frontend plugin pages and on /wp-admin/profile.php.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.