Name: CVE-2021-25080: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-25080, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.842

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Contact Form Entries Plugin	—	Update contact-form-entries plugin to version 1.1.7, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jan 5, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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