TI-2025-16398 Aliases CVE-2025-22512 GHSA-mm8p-h8qc-2w5r

WordPress Help Scout Plugin <= 6.5.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

LOW 20CWE-862Published 2025-01-07 · Updated 2026-05-11

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.004 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
BoldGrid	Help Scout	up to 6.5.6	—	No fix listed	CNA

Help Scout VendorBoldGrid Affected up to 6.5.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-22512
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mm8p-h8qc-2w5r

References

Other 1

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/help-scout/vulnerability/wordpress-help-scout-plugin-6-5-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Sources

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