CVE-2025-22512
WordPress Help Scout Plugin <= 6.5.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in BoldGrid Help Scout help-scout allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Help Scout: from n/a through <= 6.5.6.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Help Scout Plugin <= 6.5.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in BoldGrid Help Scout help-scout allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Help Scout: from n/a through <= 6.5.6.
- Record
CVE-2025-22512- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2792
Missing Authorization vulnerability in BoldGrid Help Scout help-scout allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Help Scout: from n/a through <= 6.5.6.
- Record
EUVD-2025-2792- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mm8p-h8qc-2w5r
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Sprout Apps Help Scout allows Exploiting Incorrectly...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Sprout Apps Help Scout allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Help Scout: from n/a through 6.5.1.
- Record
GHSA-mm8p-h8qc-2w5r- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization vulnerability in BoldGrid Help Scout help-scout allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Help Scout: from n/a through <= 6.5.6.
- Record
CVE-2025-22512- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-22512 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Boldgrid Help Scout, published January 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/help-scout/vulnerability/wordpress-help-scout-plugin-6-5-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22512
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm8p-h8qc-2w5r