Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Contact Form 7 for WordPress

CVE-2024-2242
6.1MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Takayukister
Status
Contact Form 7
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 March 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🔴 Public PoC

Summary

The Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘active-tab’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Version(s)

Contact Form 7 <= 5.9

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-2242
Created by RandomRobbieBF

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit exists.

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database1 Proof of Concept(s)

Credit

Asaf Mozes
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