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BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin bws_menu.php bws_add_menu_render cross site scripting

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin 1.3.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function bws_add_menu_render of the file bws_menu/bws_menu.php. The manipulation of the argument bwsmn_form_email leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.3.7 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 4d531f74b4a801c805dc80360d4ea1312e9a278f. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-225320.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00546 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
BestWebSoftContact Form Plugin1.3.4—No fix listedCNA
  • Contact Form Plugin VendorBestWebSoft Affected 1.3.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:contact_form:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*1.3.4VulnerableBestWebSoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:contact_form:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 1.3.4 Vulnerable ·BestWebSoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-125095
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7hf8-264p-qj7q

References

  • TI-2017-14121 BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin Stored cross site scriting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2012-05433 BestWebSoft Contact Form contact_form.php cntctfrm_settings_page cross-site request forgery CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-13664 The contact-form-plugin plugin before 4.0.6 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2017-01471 Cross-site scripting in BestWebSoft Captcha CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2016-08907 The contact-form-plugin plugin before 4.0.2 for WordPress has XSS. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2015-07672 The contact-form-plugin plugin before 3.96 for WordPress has XSS. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
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Sources