CVE-2021-25079 Contact Form Entries < 1.2.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the admin interface via unsanitized parameters, potentially compromising administrator accounts.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25079?
CVE-2021-25079 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form Entries – Contact Form 7, WPforms and more, 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 Contact Form Entries WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 does not sanitise and escape various parameters, such as form_id, status, end_date, order, orderby and search before outputting them back in the admin page
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25079?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Crmperks Contact Form Entries.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25079 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-2021-25079 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-25079 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Contact Form Entries – Contact Form 7, WPforms and more
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m3hv-p839-hwv6.