PT-2025-27945 · WordPress · Contact Form 7 Database Addon

Arshidkv12 · Published 2025-07-04 · Updated 2025-07-04 · CVE-2025-6740

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Contact Form 7 Database Addon plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.1

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The tmpD parameter is specifically vulnerable to this type of attack.

Recommendations: For Contact Form 7 Database Addon plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.1, consider updating to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the tmpD parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-6740

Affected Products

Contact Form 7 Database Addon

References · 8

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3320134 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6740 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-6740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/014803c8-3319-48ad-98c7-d1f372d37ff2?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-cfdb7/tags/1.3.1/contact-form-cfdb-7.php · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-cfdb7/#developers · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1941154618685186215 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1941100152598523933 · Twitter Post