PT-2026-1564 · WordPress · Helpdesk Contact Form Plugin

Sopon Tangpathum · Published 2026-01-07 · Updated 2026-01-07 · CVE-2025-13657

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HelpDesk contact form plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.1.6

Description The HelpDesk contact form plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). This is a result of inadequate or absent nonce validation within the handle query args() function. An unauthenticated attacker could potentially modify the plugin’s license ID and contact form ID settings by crafting a malicious request and tricking a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a link.

Recommendations Update the HelpDesk contact form plugin to version 1.1.6 or later.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-13657

Affected Products

Helpdesk Contact Form Plugin

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13657 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2008795331622776927 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/342ece60-faf1-4fee-bf1e-6f6107f32861?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/helpdesk-contact-form/trunk/includes/class-admin-page.php#L63 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3439463 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/helpdesk-contact-form/tags/1.1.5/includes/class-admin-page.php#L63 · Note