CVE-2025-30767

PDF for WPForms <= 5.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

2025-03-26 00:00
theviper17y

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.3.1
Affected Plugin
PDF for WPForms + Drag and Drop Template Builder
Affected Version
<= 5.3.0
CVSS
6.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE
CVE-2025-30767
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At a glance

CVE-2025-30767 is a medium-severity Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in the PDF for WPForms + Drag and Drop Template Builder WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.3.0. It carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 5.3.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2025, reported by theviper17y.

Vulnerability Overview

The The PDF for WPForms + Drag and Drop Template Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Reaching this weakness in PDF for WPForms + Drag and Drop Template Builder <= 5.3.0 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Code injection means input from a request reaches a language construct that evaluates code, so the attacker's text is executed rather than treated as data.

The injected code runs with the web server's privileges, giving the attacker the same access to the database and filesystem as WordPress itself. For PDF for WPForms + Drag and Drop Template Builder the fix is 5.3.1: builds <= 5.3.0 are affected, anything from 5.3.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.3.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Subscriber access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: PDF for WPForms + Drag and Drop Template Builder 5.3.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30767https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d29d27f5-d2fd-4124-bb94-dc5baf37d0a7https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30767

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