# CVE-2019-25145: Contact Form & SMTP Plugin by PirateForms <= 2.5.1 - Unauthenticated HTML injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary HTML into emails via the PirateForms plugin, enabling phishing attacks against victims.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mcgq-qxvq-33gm

## What is CVE-2019-25145?

CVE-2019-25145 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in smub Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms, published on 7 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Contact Form & SMTP Plugin by PirateForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML injection in the ‘public/class-pirateforms-public.php’ file in versions up to, and including, 2.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML in emails that could be used to phish unsuspecting victims.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25145?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpforms Contact Form.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25145?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in smub Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms

- [CVE-2024-11273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11273/): Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms < 2.6.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-30500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30500/): WordPress WPForms plugins - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2020-10385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10385/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25145 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25145 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in smub Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms, published on 7 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: smub Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25145/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25145/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25145
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25145
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25145

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25145/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.