CVE-2025-30522
📋 TL;DR
This CSRF vulnerability in Contact Form 7 Material Design WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing actions that inject malicious scripts. When exploited, it leads to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Contact Form 7 Material Design WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could inject persistent malicious scripts that steal admin credentials, deface websites, or redirect visitors to malicious sites, potentially compromising the entire WordPress installation.
Likely Case
Attackers create fake forms or links that trick logged-in administrators into executing actions that inject malicious JavaScript, leading to session hijacking or limited site defacement.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and content security policies, the attack surface is reduced, though the vulnerability still exists in the codebase.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated users. No public exploit code is known at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 1.0.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Contact Form 7 Material Design'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update is available, deactivate and remove the plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd CSRF protection tokens to all form submissions and admin actions
Content Security Policy
allImplement strict CSP headers to limit script execution
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deactivate and remove the Contact Form 7 Material Design plugin immediately
- Implement web application firewall rules to block suspicious form submissions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'Contact Form 7 Material Design' version 1.0.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name='cf7-material-design' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 1.0.0 or plugin is completely removed📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual form submissions from admin users
- JavaScript injection attempts in form data
- CSRF token validation failures
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to admin-ajax.php without proper referrer headers
- Form submissions containing script tags
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("admin-ajax.php" OR "wp-admin") AND ("script" OR "javascript:" OR "onload=")