Hive Support Plugin up to 1.2.2/1.2.4 on WordPress Setting hs_update_ai_chat_settings cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in Hive Support Plugin up to 1.2.2/1.2.4 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects the function hs_update_ai_chat_settings of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-5019. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Hive Support Plugin up to 1.2.2/1.2.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function hs_update_ai_chat_settings of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Hive Support | AI-Powered Help Desk, Live Chat & AI Chat Bot Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the hs_update_ai_chat_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reconfigure the plugin’s AI/chat settings (including API keys) and to potentially redirect notifications or leak data to attacker-controlled endpoints via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-5019 since 05/20/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-17081). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Hive Support Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4

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