CVE-2022-25601

WordPress Contact Form X plugin <= 2.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Medium4.7EPSS 1.0%

Published: 11 Mar 2022
Updated: 28 Apr 2026
Reserved: 21 Feb 2022
Assigned by: Patchstack

Description

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting parameter &tab discovered in Contact Form X WordPress plugin (versions <= 2.4).

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-25601, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
PatchstackCNA (assigner)	3.1	Medium4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVDNVD · Modified	3.1	Medium6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

Jeff Starr · Contact Form X (WordPress plugin)
- affected <= 2.4 – ≤ 2.4

What to do

Solution: Update to 2.4.1 or higher version.

References (5)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-x/#developers (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/contact-form-x/wordpress-contact-form-x-plugin-2-4-authenticated-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
FEDORA-2022-4b3079c1be (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
FEDORA-2022-956b6078fb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
FEDORA-2022-706aac2786 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 28 Apr 2026, 16:07 UTC.