# CVE-2021-25079: Contact Form Entries < 1.2.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the admin interface via unsanitized parameters, potentially compromising administrator accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3hv-p839-hwv6

## What is CVE-2021-25079?

CVE-2021-25079 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form Entries – Contact Form 7, WPforms and more, published on 24 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Contact Form Entries WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 does not sanitise and escape various parameters, such as form_id, status, end_date, order, orderby and search before outputting them back in the admin page

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25079?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Crmperks Contact Form Entries.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-25079?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-25079 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-25079 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Contact Form Entries < 1.2.4 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-25079.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Contact Form Entries – Contact Form 7, WPforms and more

- [CVE-2021-25080](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25080/): Contact Form Entries < 1.1.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-25079 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-25079 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form Entries – Contact Form 7, WPforms and more, published on 24 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-25079 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Contact Form Entries – Contact Form 7, WPforms and more. 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-2021-25079/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25079/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25079
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25079
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25079

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25079/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.