CVE-2025-9898: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-9898 affects the cForms – Light speed fast Form Builder plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 3.0.0. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by security researcher Nabil Irawan, with the initial disclosure made on September 26, 2025 (Wordfence).

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium). The technical root cause stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the cforms_api function. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required (NVD).

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify forms and their settings through forged requests. The impact is limited to form modification capabilities, but only when an attacker successfully tricks a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).

Users of the cForms – Light speed fast Form Builder plugin should upgrade to a version newer than 3.0.0 when available. Until then, administrators should be particularly cautious when clicking on links while logged into their WordPress dashboard (NVD).