Codebard Help DeskWordPress extension · Codebard
CVE-2025-22760
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CodeBard CodeBard Help Desk codebard-help-desk allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects CodeBard Help Desk: from n/a through <= 1.1.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in CodeBard Help Desk allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript via unsanitized user input that gets reflected in web page responses, enabling session hijacking or credential theft.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Codebard Help DeskWordPress extension
<= 1.1.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Codebard Help Desk installationLocate the application via file system inspection (check for helpdesk directories, admin panels, or banner information from HTTP responses) and identify the exact version numberAffected if Version is 1.1.2 or lower
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Check web interface accessibilityVerify the Codebard Help Desk web interface is reachable over HTTP/HTTPS (the vulnerability is in web page responses)Affected if Web interface is exposed and accessible
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Identify exposed input parametersReview application endpoints that accept user-supplied data (URL parameters, form inputs, search fields) - these are the vectors where unsanitized input could be reflectedAffected if User input fields are present in accessible web pages
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Compare version against affected rangeDocument the installed version and confirm it falls within <= 1.1.2Affected if Installed version is 1.1.2 or any earlier version
You are affected if Codebard Help Desk version 1.1.2 or lower is installed and its web interface is accessible, since the reflected XSS flaw exists in how user input gets rendered in web responses.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply proper input validation and output encoding to all user-supplied parameters before rendering in HTML. Upgrade to a patched version once available.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-22760 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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