CVE-2025-69001
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a code injection vulnerability in the FluentForm WordPress plugin that allows attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Attackers can inject malicious code through form submissions, potentially leading to unauthorized actions. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of FluentForm are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- FluentForm WordPress Plugin
⚠️ 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
Complete site takeover through privilege escalation, data theft, or malware installation via arbitrary code execution.
Likely Case
Unauthorized content modification, data exfiltration, or limited administrative actions through shortcode execution.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and output encoding, potentially only minor content manipulation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires form submission capability but no authentication. Public proof-of-concept available.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.1.12 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find FluentForm and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify version is 6.1.12 or higher.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable FluentForm Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate fluentform
Restrict Form Access
allLimit form submissions to authenticated users only
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement WAF rules to block suspicious form submissions containing shortcode patterns
- Monitor logs for unusual form submission patterns and implement rate limiting
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > FluentForm version. If version is 6.1.11 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get fluentform --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify FluentForm version is 6.1.12 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual form submissions with shortcode patterns
- Multiple failed form submissions from single IP
- POST requests to FluentForm endpoints with suspicious parameters
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with fluentform parameters
- POST requests containing [shortcode] patterns
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("fluentform" AND ("[shortcode]" OR "exec" OR "eval"))