Contact Form 7 Plugin for WordPress < 5.9.2 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114286

Synopsis

Contact Form 7 Plugin for WordPress < 5.9.2 Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WordPress Contact Form 7 Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Contact Form 7 Plugin for WordPress 5.9.2 or latest.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/contact-form-7/contact-form-7-59-reflected-cross-site-scripting

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 114286

Type: remote

Published: 5/31/2024

Updated: 5/31/2024

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2242

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2242