Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-5018

CVE-2025-5018:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Hive Support plugin for WordPress contains a missing capability check vulnerability (CVE-2025-5018) discovered in all versions up to and including 1.2.4. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 6, 2025, and affects the hsupdateaichatsettings() and hivelitesupportgetall_binbox() functions (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient authorization checks in two key functions: hsupdateaichatsettings() and hivelitesupportgetall_binbox(). This security flaw is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH), with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely through network access, requires low attack complexity, and needs only low-level privileges to execute (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to read and overwrite the site's OpenAI API key and inspection data. Additionally, attackers can modify AI-chat prompts and behavior, potentially compromising the security and functionality of the AI chat system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed as of June 4, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable the plugin until a patched version is released (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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