CVE-2021-25063: Contact Form 7 Skins < 2.5.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Skins for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.1 does not sanitise and escape the tab parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

Skins for Contact Form 7: before 2.5.1 — fixed in 2.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Skins for Contact Form 7 2.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2185887-3e53-4089-aa3f-981c944ee0bb
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2185887-3e53-4089-aa3f-981c944ee0bb

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