CVE-2025-9944: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in kelderic Professional Contact Form
The Professional Contact Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the watch_for_contact_form_submit function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger test email sending via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Professional Contact Form plugin for WordPress suffers from a CSRF vulnerability due to improper nonce validation in the watch_for_contact_form_submit function. This allows attackers to forge requests that cause site administrators to unknowingly trigger test email sending actions. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0.0. It requires user interaction (UI:R) but no privileges (PR:N) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3, indicating medium severity.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a site administrator to perform unintended actions such as sending test emails by exploiting the CSRF vulnerability. This does not lead to confidentiality or availability impact but can result in limited integrity impact by triggering unauthorized actions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, administrators should avoid clicking on suspicious links and consider disabling or replacing the affected plugin to mitigate risk.
CVE-2025-9944: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in kelderic Professional Contact Form
Description
The Professional Contact Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the watch_for_contact_form_submit function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger test email sending via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Professional Contact Form plugin for WordPress suffers from a CSRF vulnerability due to improper nonce validation in the watch_for_contact_form_submit function. This allows attackers to forge requests that cause site administrators to unknowingly trigger test email sending actions. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0.0. It requires user interaction (UI:R) but no privileges (PR:N) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3, indicating medium severity.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a site administrator to perform unintended actions such as sending test emails by exploiting the CSRF vulnerability. This does not lead to confidentiality or availability impact but can result in limited integrity impact by triggering unauthorized actions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, administrators should avoid clicking on suspicious links and consider disabling or replacing the affected plugin to mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-09-03T13:05:44.835Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 68d87cd25d6228f86ddc92a2
Added to database: 9/28/2025, 12:09:54 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:06:32 AM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 3:26:19 PM
Views: 200
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