CVE-2019-25734 Contact Form by WD 1.13.1 CSRF to Local File Inclusion
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit CSRF and path traversal to read arbitrary files via the admin-ajax endpoint in Contact Form by WD.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-25734?
CVE-2019-25734 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Web-Dorado Contact Form Maker, published on 4 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Contact Form by WD 1.13.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability combined with local file inclusion that allows unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary files by exploiting unsanitized action parameters. Attackers can craft malicious forms targeting the admin-ajax.php endpoint with directory traversal sequences in the GET action parameter to load files via CSRF, bypassing authentication on vulnerable AJAX actions.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25734?
How do I fix CVE-2019-25734?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25734 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2019-25734 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25734 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xggr-8f99-gpgj.