CVE-2014-125095

BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin bws_menu.php bws_add_menu_render cross site scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability was found in BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin 1.3.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function bws_add_menu_render of the file bws_menu/bws_menu.php. The manipulation of the argument bwsmn_form_email leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.3.7 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 4d531f74b4a801c805dc80360d4ea1312e9a278f. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-225320.

Eine Schwachstelle wurde in BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin 1.3.4 für WordPress gefunden. Sie wurde als problematisch eingestuft. Davon betroffen ist die Funktion bws_add_menu_render der Datei bws_menu/bws_menu.php. Durch das Manipulieren des Arguments bwsmn_form_email mit unbekannten Daten kann eine cross site scripting-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff kann über das Netzwerk erfolgen. Ein Aktualisieren auf die Version 1.3.7 vermag dieses Problem zu lösen. Der Patch wird als 4d531f74b4a801c805dc80360d4ea1312e9a278f bezeichnet. Als bestmögliche Massnahme wird das Einspielen eines Upgrades empfohlen.

The Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced Contact Us Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.81 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

*Credits: VulDB GitHub Commit Analyzer

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-08-07 CVE Published
2023-04-07 CVE Reserved
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-10-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://vuldb.com/?id.225320	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/wp-plugins/contact-form-plugin/commit/4d531f74b4a801c805dc80360d4ea1312e9a278f	2024-05-17

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bestwebsoft Search vendor "Bestwebsoft"		Contact Form Search vendor "Bestwebsoft" for product "Contact Form"				1.3.4 Search vendor "Bestwebsoft" for product "Contact Form" and version "1.3.4"		wordpress		Affected