{"id":"CVE-2025-14581","title":"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","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 pos…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"published":"2025-12-13","updated":"2026-10-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-07T19:10:00.160","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14581","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system/tags/1.0.9/inc/happy-replies.php#L585","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-helpdesk-support-ticket-system/trunk/inc/happy-replies.php#L585","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"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=","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3967b5ce-f0f8-4620-8883-0857aeee8f8b?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00253,"epssPercentile":0.15389,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-07T19:44:15.647Z","slug":"CVE-2025-14581","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":24,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}