CVE-2019-25734: web-dorado contact_form_maker Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-25734 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Path Traversal vulnerability in web-dorado contact_form_maker. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 04-06-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-06-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.