Mailchimp List Subscribe Form <= 2.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Mailchimp List Change
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Mailchimp List Subscribe Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the mailchimp_sf_change_list_if_necessary() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change Mailchimp lists via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12172
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m8v5-px35-v2vx
References
More Mailchimp vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-51466 WordPress MailChimp For WooCommerce plugin < 6.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2014-05968 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy MailChimp Forms plugin 3.0 through… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2022-02092 MailChimp for Woocommerce < 2.7.1 - Subscriber+ SSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2022-02361 MailChimp for Woocommerce < 2.7.2 - Admin+ SSRF CVSS 3.1LOW 2.7
Sources
- CVE-2025-12172 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12172 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m8v5-px35-v2vx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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