CVE-2025-14581

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.

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2025-12-13

Modified

2026-10-07

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system/tags/1.0.9/inc/happy-replies.php#L585
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system/trunk/inc/happy-replies.php#L585
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3417847%40happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system&new=3417847%40happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3967b5ce-f0f8-4620-8883-0857aeee8f8b?source=cve

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