CVE-2021-24168 Easy Contact Form Pro < 1.1.1.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into contact form fields, potentially compromising administrator accounts.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24168?
CVE-2021-24168 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Contact Form Pro, published on 5 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Easy Contact Form Pro WordPress plugin before 1.1.1.9 did not properly sanitise the text fields (such as Email Subject, Email Recipient, etc) when creating or editing a form, leading to an authenticated (author+) stored cross-site scripting issue. This could allow medium privilege accounts (such as author and editor) to perform XSS attacks against high privilege ones like administrator.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24168?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Easy Contact Form Pro Project Easy Contact Form Pro.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24168?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-24168 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3jhh-8pq8-rfch.