CVE-2025-14079 Missing authorization in ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System
Authenticated subscribers can modify global helpdesk settings due to missing capability checks in the ELEX WordPress HelpDesk plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14079?
CVE-2025-14079 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in elextensions ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System, published on 5 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.5. This is due to missing capability checks on the eh_crm_ticket_general function combined with a shared nonce that is exposed to low-privileged users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify global WSDesk settings via the `eh_crm_ticket_general` AJAX action.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14079?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-14079 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14079 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c33w-hvc2-q76p.