Skins for Contact Form 7: Cross-site scripting
Skins for Contact Form 7 is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Skins for Contact Form 7
- Plugin slug
contact-form-7-skins- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 01, 2022
This CVE was published Feb 01, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Skins for Contact Form 7 to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Skins for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.1 does not sanitise and escape the tab parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N