CVE-2025-27303 WordPress Contact Form 7 Star Rating plugin <= 1.10 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
An attacker can inject malicious scripts via stored XSS in the Contact Form 7 Star Rating plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-27303?
CVE-2025-27303 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in themelogger Contact Form 7 Star Rating, published on 24 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in themelogger Contact Form 7 Star Rating contact-form-7-star-rating allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Contact Form 7 Star Rating: from n/a through <= 1.10.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27303?
How do I fix CVE-2025-27303?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27303 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-2025-27303 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27303 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73vj-rj78-cc72.