CVE-2025-22795

High

Published: 15 January 2025

Published

15 January 2025

Modified

23 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0025 49.0th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22795 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 49.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-22795 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Multilang Contact Form plugin (multilang-contact-form) for WordPress developed by digitaldonkey. The issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.5 inclusive. It was published on 2025-01-15 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Exploitation enables reflected XSS, allowing limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft from the victim user, or other client-side script execution in the context of the vulnerable WordPress site.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/multilang-contact-form/vulnerability/wordpress-multilang-contact-form-plugin-1-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the Reflected XSS vulnerability in Multilang Contact Form plugin version 1.5 and provides associated mitigation guidance for affected WordPress installations.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3000

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in digitaldonkey Multilang Contact Form multilang-contact-form allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Multilang Contact Form: from n/a through <= 1.5.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploiting web app) and T1059.007 (arbitrary JS execution in browser context).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1