CVE-2025-3471
📋 TL;DR
The SureForms WordPress plugin before version 1.4.4 lacks proper authorization checks in its REST API, allowing users with Contributor roles or higher to modify plugin settings. This affects WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the SureForms plugin. Contributors should only be able to create and edit their own posts, not modify plugin configurations.
💻 Affected Systems
- SureForms WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Sureforms by Brainstormforce
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
A malicious contributor could modify form settings to capture sensitive user data, redirect form submissions to attacker-controlled servers, or disable security features of the plugin.
Likely Case
Contributors could alter form configurations to collect additional personal information, change notification settings, or modify form behavior in unintended ways.
If Mitigated
With proper role-based access controls, only administrators could modify plugin settings, limiting the attack surface to compromised admin accounts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access with at least Contributor privileges. The vulnerability is in the REST API endpoint for updating settings.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.4.4
Vendor Advisory: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa21dd2b-1277-4cf9-b7f6-d4f8a6d518c1/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find SureForms plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or download version 1.4.4 from WordPress repository. 5. Activate the updated plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable REST API for non-administrators
allRestrict REST API access to administrator roles only using security plugins or custom code.
Install and configure a WordPress security plugin like Wordfence or iThemes Security to restrict REST API access
Remove Contributor role access
allTemporarily disable or limit Contributor accounts until patching is complete.
In WordPress admin: Users → All Users → Edit Contributor accounts → Change role to Subscriber or remove access
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove the SureForms plugin entirely and use an alternative form plugin
- Implement strict monitoring of REST API requests and user activity logs
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel: Plugins → Installed Plugins → SureForms version. If version is below 1.4.4, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=sureforms --field=version (if WP-CLI installed)Verify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify SureForms plugin shows version 1.4.4 in WordPress admin plugins list.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- REST API POST requests to /wp-json/sureforms/ endpoints from non-admin users
- Unusual modifications to form settings in plugin logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to WordPress REST API endpoints containing sureforms paths from non-admin IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-json/sureforms/*" OR plugin="SureForms") AND http_method="POST" AND user_role!="administrator"