In this article, we study the Cγ5 ⊗ γ5C type and C ⊗ C type scalar cscs tetraquark states with the QCD sum rules by calculating the contributions of the vacuum condensates up to dimension 10 in a consistent way. The ground state masses MCγ 5 ⊗γ 5 C = 3.89 ± 0.05 GeV and MC⊗C = 5.48 ± 0.10 GeV support assigning the X(3915) to be the ground state Cγ5 ⊗ γ5C type tetraquark state with J P C = 0 ++ , but do not support assigning the X(4700) to be the ground state C ⊗ C type cscs tetraquark state with J P C = 0 ++ . Then we tentatively assign the X(3915) and X(4500) to be the 1S and 2S Cγ5 ⊗ γ5C type scalar cscs tetraquark states respectively, and obtain the 1S mass M1S = 3.85 +0.18 −0.17 GeV and 2S mass M2S = 4.35 +0.10 −0.11 GeV from the QCD sum rules, which support assigning the X(3915) to be the 1S Cγ5 ⊗ γ5C type tetraquark state, but do not support assigning the X(4500) to be the 2S Cγ5 ⊗ γ5C type tetraquark state.