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CVE-2025-6740: Contact Form 7 Database Addon <= 1.3.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via tmpD Parameter
6.1
CVSS
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-6740
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Affected Products
Vendor: arshidkv12
Product: Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.09% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 26.15% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-07-05 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6740https://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/