# CVE-2021-24985: Easy Forms for Mailchimp < 6.8.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser via unsanitized parameters in the Easy Forms for Mailchimp plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fvf3-jrrp-pm9m

## What is CVE-2021-24985?

CVE-2021-24985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Forms for Mailchimp, published on 24 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.6 does not sanitise and escape the field_name and field_type parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24985?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Yikesinc Easy Forms for Mailchimp.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Easy Forms for Mailchimp

- [CVE-2019-15318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15318/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2518](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2518/): Easy Forms for Mailchimp < 6.8.9 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-1324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1324/): Easy Forms for MailChimp < 6.8.8 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-23900](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23900/): WordPress Easy Forms for Mailchimp Plugin <= 6.8.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2023-1325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1325/): Easy Forms for MailChimp < 6.8.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Forms for Mailchimp, published on 24 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Easy Forms for Mailchimp. 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-2021-24985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24985

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24985/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.