CVE-2025-2801
Published: 26 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2801 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 32.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Create custom forms for WordPress with a smart form plugin for smart businesses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to and including 1.2.4. The issue stems from insufficient validation of a user-supplied value passed to the do_shortcode function, enabling code injection as classified under CWE-94. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.3 with a network attack vector and no authentication or user interaction required.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the flaw remotely by invoking an action handler that executes arbitrary shortcodes, potentially leading to limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the WordPress site.
Public references, including the Wordfence threat intelligence entry and the plugin's Trac source listings for versions 1.2.4, identify the affected code paths at abcsubmit.php lines 86 and 88 along with the plugin's developer page, though no explicit patch or mitigation details are provided in the available references.
EPSS for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0168 on 2026-02-20 before receding to the current value of 0.0053, indicating emerging exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-12495
Vulnerability details
The The Create custom forms for WordPress with a smart form plugin for smart businesses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This is due to the software allowing users…
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to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.