CVE-2025-49988 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-49988: WordPress Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension plugin <= 0.1.40 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Renzo Johnson
Product Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published June 20, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Renzo Johnson Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension integrate-contact-form-7-and-aweber allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension: from n/a through <= 0.1.40.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension through version 0.1.40 does not properly check user permissions before allowing certain actions. An attacker can make requests to the site without authentication to disrupt service. Update to a version newer than 0.1.40 to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Disrupt the site's availability by sending unauthenticated requests that consume resources.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Your site may become slow or unresponsive due to denial-of-service attacks from the internet.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 20, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated