User Registration Using Contact Form 7 <= 2.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
Priority LOW 31CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The User Registration Using Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'get_cf7_form_data' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve form settings which includes Facebook app secrets.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00622 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zealopensource | User Registration Using Contact Form 7 | up to 2.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- User Registration Using Contact Form 7 Vendorzealopensource Affected up to 2.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12825
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x87c-mf44-jq5f
- 2026-11-05 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Other 2
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b49978c1-9254-4229-8d32-e12896301f3d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3433276%40user-registration-using-contact-form-7&new=3433276%40user-registration-using-contact-form-7&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More zealopensource vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-02832 Generate PDF using Contact Form 7 < 3.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-25055 WordPress Generate PDF using Contact Form 7 plugin <= 4.1.2 - CSRF to Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-32867 WordPress Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin <= 2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2024-05861 Generate PDF using Contact Form 7 <= 4.1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-05860 Generate PDF using Contact Form 7 <= 4.1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-69930 Path traversal in Generate PDF using Contact Form 7 plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-12825 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12825 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x87c-mf44-jq5f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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