CVE-2025-22512 WordPress Help Scout Plugin <= 6.5.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Help Scout WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-22512?
CVE-2025-22512 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in BoldGrid Help Scout, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in BoldGrid Help Scout help-scout allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Help Scout: from n/a through <= 6.5.6.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22512?
How do I fix CVE-2025-22512?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22512 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-2025-22512 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22512 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mm8p-h8qc-2w5r.