CVE-2025-9562: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2025-9562) via the plugin's qs_date shortcode in versions up to and including 3.2.6. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 18, 2025 (NVD).

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the qs_date shortcode functionality. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation of user sessions (NVD).

Users are advised to update to a version newer than 3.2.6 of the Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin. The vulnerability has been addressed in subsequent releases with enhanced security measures (WordPress Plugin).