Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 24, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-25080

Description

The Contact Form Entries WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address retrieved via headers such as CLIENT-IP and X-FORWARDED-FOR, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the created entry

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Affected products

WordPress/Contact Form Entriescpe-rescue2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <1.1.7
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-entries

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2450335nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
wpscan.com/vulnerability/acd3d98a-aab8-49be-b77e-e8c6ede171acnvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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