CVE-2021-24744 WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti < 1.4.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via Form Title in the Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin, potentially compromising admin sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24744?
CVE-2021-24744 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti, published on 25 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 does not sanitise and escape the Form Title before outputting it in some admin pages. which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24744?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cimatti Contact Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24744?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24744 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-2021-24744 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24744 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti
Sources
Also known as GHSA-594h-wpwq-r565.