CVE-2025-53304
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Rohil Contact Form – 7 : Hide Success Message contact-form-7-hide-success-message allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Contact Form – 7 : Hide Success Message: from n/a through <= 1.1.4.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Contact Form 7 Hide Success Message WordPress plugin has a missing authorization vulnerability where certain functionality is not properly constrained by access control lists (ACLs). This allows authenticated users to access features they should not have permission to use, representing a privilege escalation or insecure direct object reference (IDOR) issue.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify plugin is installedCheck if the 'contact-form-7-hide-success-message' directory exists in wp-content/plugins/ on the WordPress filesystemAffected if The plugin directory is present on the server
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Determine installed versionOpen the main plugin PHP file in wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7-hide-success-message/ and read the 'Version' field from the plugin header commentAffected if Unable to determine version or version is lower than the patched release
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Audit user role access to plugin featuresLog in as a low-privilege user (e.g., Subscriber or Contributor) and attempt to access plugin admin pages, AJAX endpoints, or front-end functionality that should require higher permissionsAffected if Lower-privileged users can access features intended only for Administrators
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Review plugin capability checks in codeExamine the plugin source code for missing or insufficient 'current_user_can()' checks before sensitive operations, particularly AJAX handlers and form processing functionsAffected if Critical functions lack proper capability verification or use insecure direct object references
If the plugin is installed and users with limited roles can access restricted plugin functionality without proper authorization, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest version of the plugin when a patch is released. Until then, review user roles and permissions on the site, and consider disabling the plugin if unauthorized access is a high risk.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-53304 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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