CVE-2021-24744

WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti < 1.4.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 does not sanitise and escape the Form Title before outputting it in some admin pages. which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

El plugin WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti de WordPress versiones anteriores a 1.4.12, no sanea y escapa el título del formulario antes de mostrarlo en algunas páginas de administración, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con altos privilegios llevar a cabo ataques de tipo Cross-Site Scripting incluso cuando el unfiltered_html está deshabilitado

The Cimatti Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.4.11.This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the title value of a form and makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html is disabled.

*Credits: Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez, Sebastian Cruz Cardona

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-14 CVE Reserved
2021-09-27 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/702a4283-1fd6-4186-9db7-6ad387d714ea	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cimatti Search vendor "Cimatti"		Contact Forms Search vendor "Cimatti" for product "Contact Forms"				< 1.4.12 Search vendor "Cimatti" for product "Contact Forms" and version " < 1.4.12"		wordpress		Affected