Medium severity · published Jun 12, 2023
CVE-2023-2718
The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CF
Contact Form Email · Codepeople
before 1.3.38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2718
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8ad824a6-2d49-4f02-8252-393c59aa9705
Exploit
https://www.onvio.nl/nieuws/research-day-discovering-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins
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