# CVE-2013-10022: BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin contact_form.php cntctfrm_check_form cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the contact form, requiring a plugin upgrade to mitigate the cross-site scripting risk.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jq78-35r2-82rh

## What is CVE-2013-10022?

CVE-2013-10022 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin, published on 5 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin 3.51 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function cntctfrm_display_form/cntctfrm_check_form of the file contact_form.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 3.52 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 642ef1dc1751ab6642ce981fe126325bb574f898. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-225002 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-10022?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bestwebsoft Contact Form.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-10022?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-10022 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-10022 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-10022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin

- [CVE-2024-2200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2200/): Contact Form by BestWebSoft <= 4.2.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via cntctfrm_contact_subject (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-7481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7481/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-7475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7475/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2015-9295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9295/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2016-10869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10869/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-10022 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-10022 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin, published on 5 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-10022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-10022/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-10022/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-10022
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-10022
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-10022

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-10022/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.