Reported vulnerability

Support Genix <= 1.4.52 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass to Administrator Account Takeover via 'p' Parameter Forged Guest Token

Published 31 Aug 2026

Updated 1 Sept 2026

CVE-2026-19806

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Support Genix – Helpdesk, AI Chatbot, Knowledge Base & Customer Support Ticketing System

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Wordfence advisory

high · CVSS 8.8

The Support Genix – Helpdesk, AI Chatbot, Knowledge Base & Customer Support Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass leading to Administrator Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.52 via the `guest_ticket_login()` function and its `p` parameter. This is due to the site-wide AES-256-CBC encryption key being derived from only three two-digit `wp_rand(10, 99)` values and a Unix timestamp via `md5()` — yielding approximately 19.5 bits of entropy — combined with a deterministic IV derived from the password, no authentication tag on the ciphertext, and no capability check, nonce, or session validation on the publicly reachable `/sgnix/?p=` endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, who can obtain a single legitimate guest ticket token as a known-plaintext oracle and bound the plugin activation timestamp, to exhaust the ~729,000-candidate keyspace entirely offline, recover the site-wide encryption key, and forge a self-consistent `{ticket_id, ticket_user}` token targeting any administrator-owned ticket. Submitting the forged token to the unprotected endpoint causes `wp_set_auth_cookie()` to be called for that administrator, granting the attacker full administrative access to the WordPress site.

Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Support Genix – Helpdesk, AI Chatbot, Knowledge Base & Customer Support Ticketing System

Software
plugin · support-genix-lite
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 1.4.52
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
1.4.53

Recommended action

Update to version 1.4.53, or a newer patched version

Further references (1)
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Source: Wordfence

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Which versions of Support Genix – Helpdesk, AI Chatbot, Knowledge Base & Customer Support Ticketing System are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 1.4.52. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Is a fix available for Support Genix – Helpdesk, AI Chatbot, Knowledge Base & Customer Support Ticketing System?

Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in Support Genix – Helpdesk, AI Chatbot, Knowledge Base & Customer Support Ticketing System. It lists these fixed versions: 1.4.53. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.

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