CVE-2025-14581
HAPPY – Helpdesk Support Ticket System <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Ticket Reply
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The HAPPY – Helpdesk Support Ticket System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the 'submit_form_reply' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to submit replies to arbitrary support tickets by manipulating the 'happy_topic_id' parameter, regardless of whether they are the ticket owner or have been assigned to the ticket.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- villatheme HAPPY – Helpdesk Support Ticket System
through 1.0.9
References 4
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system/trunk/inc/happy-replies.php#L585
- browser/happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system/tags/1.0.9/inc/happy-replies.php#L585
- changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3417847%40happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system&new=3417847%40happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=