Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-6740Contact Form 7 Database Addon <= 1.3.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via tmpD Parameter
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 from arshidkv12. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Contact Form 7 Database Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tmpD’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| arshidkv12 | Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 | 0 – through 1.3.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/014803c8-3319-48ad-98c7-d1f372d37ff2?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-cfdb7/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-cfdb7/tags/1.3.1/contact-form-cfdb-7.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3320134/