CVE-2022-0250 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not escape a link generated before outputting it in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Published: 2022-07-04

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Redirection for Contact Form 7

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.5.0`	affected	< 2.5.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:redirection-for-contact-form7:redirection_for_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15442	The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not escape a link generated before outputting it in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02834.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05700942-3143-4978-89eb-814ceff74867

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01389}`	epss `{'score': 0.00769}`

Subscriptions

Redirection-for-contact-form7 Redirection For Contact Form 7

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-07-04T13:05:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:18:42.879Z

Reserved: 2022-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0250

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-04T13:15:08.643

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:38:14.033

Link: CVE-2022-0250

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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