Hive Support <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization via hs_update_ai_chat_settings and hive_lite_support_get_all_binbox
Vulnerability Description
The Hive Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the hs_update_ai_chat_settings() and hive_lite_support_get_all_binbox() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read and overwrite the site’s OpenAI API key and inspection data or modify AI-chat prompts and behavior. This vulnerability is potentially a duplicate of CVE-2025-32208 or/and CVE-2025-32242.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Vo Thi Ngoc Nhi
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/95c8722e-07c3-4728-8723-4d4a6188fe5e?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/hive-support/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hive-support/tags/1.2.4/backend/class-hive-support-ajax.php#L9
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3311984
Affected Vendor
hivesupport
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