CVE-2025-47644 Overview
CVE-2025-47644 is an open redirect vulnerability [CWE-601] affecting the Integrations of Zoho CRM with Elementor form WordPress plugin by formsintegrations. The flaw exists in all versions up to and including 1.0.8. Attackers can craft URLs that redirect victims to attacker-controlled sites, enabling phishing campaigns that leverage the trust of the legitimate WordPress domain. Successful exploitation requires user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. The vulnerability does not directly compromise the WordPress site but weaponizes it as a redirection vector against site visitors.
Critical Impact
Attackers can abuse the plugin to redirect users from a trusted WordPress site to malicious domains, facilitating credential theft and malware delivery through phishing.
Affected Products
- WordPress plugin: Integrations of Zoho CRM with Elementor form (integrations-of-zoho-crm-with-elementor-form)
- Affected versions: from n/a through 1.0.8
- Vendor: formsintegrations
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-05-07 - CVE-2025-47644 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-47644
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability falls under CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). The plugin accepts a user-controlled URL parameter and issues an HTTP redirect without validating that the destination points to a trusted origin. Because the redirect originates from the victim's WordPress site, phishing links appear legitimate to end users and to many URL-reputation systems.
The EPSS score is 0.263% with a percentile of 17.707, indicating low current exploitation probability. However, open redirects are commonly chained with OAuth abuse, credential phishing, and malware distribution campaigns targeting WordPress ecosystems.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing or insufficient validation of a redirect target parameter processed by the plugin. The plugin does not restrict redirects to an allow-list of internal paths or trusted hosts, so any absolute URL supplied by the attacker is honored. This design flaw stems from trusting client-supplied input in a security-sensitive control flow.
Attack Vector
Exploitation is network-based and requires user interaction. An attacker crafts a URL pointing to the vulnerable WordPress endpoint with a redirect parameter set to an attacker-controlled domain. The victim clicks the link, sees the trusted WordPress domain in the initial URL, and is silently redirected to a phishing page or malware host. Refer to the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability Report for technical details.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-47644
Indicators of Compromise
- HTTP request logs containing redirect parameters with external hostnames targeting the plugin's endpoints.
- Referrer headers on the WordPress site pointing to unfamiliar external phishing domains after visitor traffic passes through plugin URLs.
- User reports of unexpected navigation from the site to unrelated third-party pages.
Detection Strategies
- Inspect web server access logs for requests to plugin endpoints containing URL-encoded http:// or https:// values in query parameters.
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to flag requests where redirect parameters reference domains outside the site's allow-list.
- Correlate outbound redirect responses (HTTP 301/302) generated by the plugin with the destination Location header to identify untrusted targets.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Track installed plugin versions across managed WordPress fleets and flag any instance running 1.0.8 or earlier.
- Monitor threat intelligence feeds for phishing campaigns abusing WordPress open redirects.
- Enable alerting on anomalous spikes in outbound redirects originating from the affected plugin's endpoints.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-47644
Immediate Actions Required
- Identify all WordPress sites running the Integrations of Zoho CRM with Elementor form plugin at version 1.0.8 or earlier.
- Update the plugin to a patched release once available from formsintegrations, or deactivate and remove it if no fix is published.
- Add WAF rules that reject redirect parameters resolving to external hosts on affected endpoints.
Patch Information
At the time of publication, the vulnerability affects versions through 1.0.8. Administrators should consult the Patchstack advisory and the plugin's official repository for the latest fixed version. Apply the patch immediately upon release.
Workarounds
- Deactivate the plugin until a patched version is released and validated.
- Implement server-level rewrite rules that strip or validate redirect parameters passed to the plugin's endpoints.
- Educate users and helpdesk staff to inspect the full destination URL before entering credentials on redirected pages.
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