VDB-307771 · CVE-2025-47518 · GCVE-0-2025-47518

Scott Paterson Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 2.3.4 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Scott Paterson Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 2.3.4 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-47518. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Scott Paterson Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 2.3.4 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Scott Paterson Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on: from n/a through 2.3.4.

The weakness was released by Nabil Irawan. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-47518 since 05/07/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

Scott Paterson

Name

Contact Form 7 Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/07/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Nabil Irawan
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-47518 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-47518
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-307771

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2025 18:18
Changes: 05/07/2025 18:18 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103