WordPress Helpdesk Integration <= 5.8.10 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

Description

The WordPress Helpdesk Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.10 via the portal_type parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.

Weakness

• CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-98 and its CVEs

Affected products

• smackcoders · WordPress Helpdesk Integration

  • affected ≤ 5.8.10

References (3)

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49a935cc-7b95-4abd-9a4d-c7e14c765863?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-helpdesk-integration/trunk/index.php#L85 (opens in a new tab)
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-helpdesk-integration/trunk/index.php (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2025-9990](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2025-9990.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-9990)

Record last updated 8 Apr 2026, 16:50 UTC.