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CVE-2023-37988

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-37988 is an unauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Creative Solutions Contact Form Generator plugin versions up to and including 2.5.5. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts via a network-based attack requiring user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/ExploitDB modules exist, Nuclei templates are available, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:creative-solutions:contact_form_generator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2023-37988 · Aug 6, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/174896/WordPress-Contact-Form-Generator-2.5.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
patchstack.com / database/vulnerability/contact-form-generator/wordpress-contact-form-generator-plugin-2-5-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
Third Party Advisory