Vulnerability · Published Jun 5, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5701HyperComments <= 1.2.2 - Unauthenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in HyperComments from siteheart. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The HyperComments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the hc_request_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| siteheart | HyperComments | 0 – through 1.2.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H