CVE-2025-9944 Professional Contact Form <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Test Email Sending
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into triggering test email sending via forged requests in the Professional Contact Form plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9944?
CVE-2025-9944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in kelderic Professional Contact Form, published on 27 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Professional Contact Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the watch_for_contact_form_submit function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger test email sending via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9944?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9944?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9944 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-9944 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9944 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpgh-r9m8-vvgw.