CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-25734

MediumCVSS 4.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.89%

56th percentile - higher than 56% of all known CVEs

Summary

Contact Form by WD version 1.13.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability combined with local file inclusion that allows unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary files by exploiting unsanitized action parameters. Attackers can craft malicious forms targeting the admin-ajax.php endpoint with directory traversal sequences in the GET action parameter to load files via CSRF, bypassing authentication on vulnerable AJAX actions.

Risk Assessment

An unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary files on the server, including WordPress configuration, credentials, or other sensitive data, potentially leading to data breach or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update the Contact Form by WD plugin to a version newer than 1.13.1 that contains the fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Contact Form by WD 1.13.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability combined with local file inclusion that allows unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary files by exploiting unsanitized action parameters. Attackers can craft malicious forms targeting the admin-ajax.php endpoint with directory traversal sequences in the GET action parameter to load files via CSRF, bypassing authentication on vulnerable AJAX actions.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS