Admin Users at Risk of Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2024-5809

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WP Ajax Contact Form
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 July 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The WP Ajax Contact Form WordPress plugin through 2.2.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against admin users

Affected Version(s)

WP Ajax Contact Form 0 <= 2.2.2

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-2024-5809 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0af9fbcf-5f0e-4f7f-ae60-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bob Matyas
WPScan
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