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CVE-2019-25734 Web-Dorado CVE debrief

CVE-2019-25734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contact Form by WD 1.13.1. The vulnerability is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue combined with local file inclusion, allowing 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.

Vendor
Web-Dorado
Product
Contact Form Maker
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.1
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-04
Original CVE updated
2026-07-22
Advisory published
2026-06-04
Advisory updated
2026-07-22

Who should care

Administrators and users of Contact Form by WD 1.13.1 should be aware of this vulnerability and take necessary actions to mitigate it.

Technical summary

The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1 and is classified as MEDIUM. It allows attackers to include arbitrary files via CSRF, potentially leading to unauthorized access and data breaches.

Defensive priority

MEDIUM

Recommended defensive actions

  • Update Contact Form by WD to a version that fixes the CSRF and local file inclusion vulnerabilities.
  • Implement additional security measures, such as validating and sanitizing user input, to prevent similar attacks.

Evidence notes

The CVE record and NVD detail can be found at [cve-org] and [nvd], respectively.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2019-25734 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25734

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2019-25734 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25734

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.