CVE-2023-5955

The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.44 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

13 Dec 2023, 17:29

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-12-11 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:42

NVD link : CVE-2023-5955

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5955

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5955

JSON object : View

Products Affected

codepeople

contact_form_email

CWE

CWE-79

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

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