Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-22512WordPress Help Scout Plugin <= 6.5.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Help Scout from BoldGrid. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
BoldGrid Help Scout 0 – through 6.5.6

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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