CVE-2025-54020 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-54020: WordPress AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 0.6.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability

Vendor Erik

Product AntiSpam for Contact Form 7

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published July 16, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Erik AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 cf7-antispam allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects AntiSpam for Contact Form 7: from n/a through <= 0.6.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 versions 0.6.3 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify plugin settings or spam filter rules by deceiving your administrators into clicking malicious links.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage; no special plugin configuration required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 16, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54020 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

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