Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.12.0 on WordPress Setting maybe_opt_in cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.12.0 on WordPress. The impacted element is the function maybe_opt_in of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-10499. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Ninja Forms Plugin up to 3.12.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function maybe_opt_in of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the maybe_opt_in() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to opt an affected site into usage statistics collection via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-10499. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-31403). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Ninja Forms Plugin

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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12.0

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