CVE-2025-10489

SureForms – Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress <= 1.12.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Form Creation

2025-09-19 00:00
Alex

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.12.1
Affected Plugin
SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz
Affected Version
<= 1.12.0
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-10489
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At a glance

CVE-2025-10489 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the SureForms WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.12.0. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.12.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2025, reported by Alex.

Vulnerability Overview

The SureForms – Drag and Drop Contact Form Builder – Multi-step Forms, Conversational Forms and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized creation of forms due to a missing capability check on the register_post_types() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create forms when the user interface specifically prohibits it.

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-862: Missing Authorization

SureForms <= 1.12.0 carries this weakness at register_post_types(), and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For SureForms the fix is 1.12.1: builds <= 1.12.0 are affected, anything from 1.12.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.12.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: SureForms 1.12.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10489https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d03f316-542c-4128-b49d-fd2fd8609dd6https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10489

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