Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Yay! Forms Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12522

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Yay! Forms | Embed Custom Forms, Surveys, And Quizzes Easily
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 February 2025

What is CVE-2024-12522?

The Yay! Forms plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through its 'yayforms' shortcode. This vulnerability stems from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping for user-supplied attributes. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary scripts, which execute whenever an affected page is accessed by users, posing a significant security risk.

Affected Version(s)

Yay! Forms | Embed Custom Forms, Surveys, and Quizzes Easily * <= 1.2.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yayforms/tags/...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
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The Cyber Security Vulnerability Database.