CVE-2025-31045
📋 TL;DR
The elfsight Contact Form widget for WordPress exposes sensitive system information to unauthorized users, allowing attackers to retrieve embedded sensitive data. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin from any version up to 2.3.1. Attackers can exploit this without authentication to access confidential information.
💻 Affected Systems
- elfsight Contact Form widget for WordPress
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers retrieve sensitive WordPress configuration data, database credentials, API keys, or user information leading to complete site compromise, data theft, or lateral movement within the hosting environment.
Likely Case
Unauthenticated attackers access sensitive system information like server paths, configuration details, or plugin metadata that could facilitate further attacks.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and network segmentation, impact is limited to information disclosure without direct system compromise.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated data retrieval through the widget interface, making exploitation straightforward.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 2.3.1
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find 'elfsight Contact Form widget'
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. If no update appears, manually download latest version from WordPress repository
6. Deactivate and delete old version
7. Install updated version
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the elfsight Contact Form widget until patched
wp plugin deactivate elfsight-contact-form
Restrict access via web application firewall
allBlock requests to vulnerable plugin endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove the elfsight Contact Form widget entirely and use alternative contact form solutions
- Implement strict network access controls to limit who can access the WordPress site
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'elfsight Contact Form widget' version 2.3.1 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get elfsight-contact-form --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 2.3.1 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual requests to elfsight Contact Form widget endpoints
- Multiple GET requests to plugin-specific URLs from single IPs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/elfsight-contact-form/ with unusual parameters
- Traffic spikes to plugin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/wp-content/plugins/elfsight-contact-form/*" AND status=200