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CVE-2025-12535

MEDIUM 5.3

SureForms <= 1.13.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection Bypass via Improper Nonce Distribution

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The SureForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.1. This is due to the plugin distributing generic WordPress REST API nonces (wp_rest) to unauthenticated users via the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_rest-nonce' action. While the plugin legitimately needs to support unauthenticated form submissions, it incorrectly uses generic REST nonces instead of form-specific nonces. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass CSRF protection on REST API endpoints that rely solely on nonce verification without additional authentication checks, allowing them to trigger unauthorized actions such as the plugin's own post-submission hooks and potentially other plugins' REST endpoints.

CWE CWE-352
Vendor brainstormforce
Product sureforms – contact form, payment form & other custom form builder
Published Nov 19, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

brainstormforce / SureForms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Other Custom Form Builder
0 ≤ 1.13.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b083cf9d-bcfe-4234-a816-2d216da28b57?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sureforms/tags/1.13.1/inc/background-process.php#L74 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sureforms/tags/1.13.1/inc/admin-ajax.php#L45 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3391762%40sureforms%2Ftrunk&old=3382423%40sureforms%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

M Indra Purnama