# CVE-2020-10385: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into WPForms Contact Form, potentially executing code or hijacking user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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:** 11 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53g5-2hmm-f9qc

## What is CVE-2020-10385?

CVE-2020-10385 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 2020. 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 stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WPForms Contact Form (aka wpforms-lite) plugin before 1.5.9 for WordPress.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10385?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpforms Contact Form.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-10385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Plugin WPForms 1.5.8.2 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2019-25145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25145/): Contact Form & SMTP Plugin by PirateForms <= 2.5.1 - Unauthenticated HTML injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-11273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11273/): Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms < 2.6.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-30500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30500/): WordPress WPForms plugins - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10385 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10385 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 2020. 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-2020-10385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2020-10385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10385/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10385
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10385
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10385

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10385/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.