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CVE-2024-10521: WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti <= 1.9.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_bulk_action Function

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_bulk_action function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete forms via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• cimatti Contact Forms by Cimatti: before 1.9.3 — fixed in 1.9.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cimatti Contact Forms by Cimatti 1.9.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-forms/trunk/accua-forms-list-page.php#L154
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-forms/trunk/accua-forms-submissions-page.php#L348
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3196728/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-forms/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f86e8ccb-a865-4da5-9250-dd715b8cdbe7?source=cve

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