CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-13534

MediumCVSS 6.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

18th percentile - higher than 18% of all known CVEs

Summary

The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2. This is due to missing authorization checks on the eh_crm_edit_agent AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to escalate their WSDesk privileges from limited "Reply Tickets" permissions to full helpdesk administrator capabilities, gaining unauthorized access to ticket management, settings configuration, agent administration, and sensitive customer data.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with low privileges could take control of the helpdesk system, gaining access to sensitive customer data and the ability to modify configuration. This could lead to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.

Recommendation

Update the ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin to a version later than 3.3.2 that fixes the vulnerability. If updating is not possible, restrict Contributor-level user permissions or disable the plugin.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2. This is due to missing authorization checks on the eh_crm_edit_agent AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to escalate their WSDesk privileges from limited "Reply Tickets" permissions to full helpdesk administrator capabilities, gaining unauthorized access to ticket management, settings configuration, agent administration, and sensitive customer data.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS