CVE-2021-25080 Contact Form Entries < 1.1.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via HTTP headers, leading to XSS attacks against logged-in administrators viewing form entries.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25080?
CVE-2021-25080 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 1.1.7 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address retrieved via headers such as CLIENT-IP and X-FORWARDED-FOR, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the created entry
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25080?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Crmperks Contact Form Entries.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25080?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-25080 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25080 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Contact Form Entries – Contact Form 7, WPforms and more
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5pmg-vf2j-3wp3.