CVE-2025-47491 HIGH

CVE-2025-47491: WordPress Contact Form Widget plugin <= 1.4.6 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability

Vendor A Wp Life

Product Contact Form Widget

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published May 7, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in A WP Life Contact Form Widget new-contact-form-widget allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Contact Form Widget: from n/a through <= 1.4.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Contact Form Widget versions 1.4.6 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a site administrator, performs unauthorized actions on the contact form without the admin's knowledge. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while logged into WordPress.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on the contact form by tricking a logged-in admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker could modify contact form settings, delete submissions, or alter form behavior without authorization.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must be logged into WordPress and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 7, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47491 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

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