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Publication date: 2025-10-29

Last updated on: 2025-10-30

Assigner: WPScan

Description

The Doppler Forms WordPress plugin through 2.5.1 registers an AJAX action install_extension without verifying user capabilities or using a nonce. As a result, any authenticated user — including those with the Subscriber role — can install and activate additional Doppler Forms WordPress plugin through 2.5.1 (limited to those whitelisted by the main Doppler Forms WordPress plugin through 2.5.1).

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-29

Last Modified

2025-10-30

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-29

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-04

NVD

CVE-2025-9544

EUVD

EUVD-2025-36602

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
doppler	forms	*

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

The Doppler Forms WordPress plugin up to version 2.5.1 has a vulnerability where it registers an AJAX action called install_extension without checking user permissions or using a security nonce. This means that any authenticated user, even those with minimal roles like Subscriber, can install and activate additional extensions for the plugin, limited to those allowed by the main plugin.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows low-privileged authenticated users to install and activate additional plugin extensions, which could lead to unauthorized changes, potential privilege escalation, or other security risks within the WordPress site.

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