Contact Form Plugin: Cross-site scripting
Contact Form Plugin 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
- Contact Form Plugin
- Plugin slug
contact-form- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 10, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Apr 10, 2023 and is one of 20 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update Contact Form Plugin when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
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 Contact Form Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.3.25 does not properly sanitize and escape the srcdoc attribute in iframes in it's custom HTML field type, allowing a logged in user with roles as low as contributor to inject arbitrary javascript into a form which will trigger for any visitor to the form or admins previewing or editing the form.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N