CVE-2023-0709 Cross-site scripting in MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the mf_last_name shortcode, leading to stored XSS when victims visit crafted links.
- 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-2023-0709?
CVE-2023-0709 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor, published on 9 Jun 2023. 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 Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting by using the 'mf_last_name' shortcode to echo unescaped form submissions in versions up to, and including, 3.3.0. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions or above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute when the victim visits a a page containing the shortcode when the submission id is present in the query string. Note that getting the JavaScript to execute requires user interaction as the victim must visit a crafted link with the form entry id, but the script itself is stored in the site database.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0709?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpmet Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder.
How do I fix CVE-2023-0709?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0709 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-2023-0709 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0709 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor
- CVE-2023-0721 Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 - Unauthenticated CSV Injection
- CVE-2023-0714 Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated Double-Extension Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2022-1442 Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 2.1.3 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
- CVE-2023-0084 Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-0688 Information disclosure in MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c995-g8wc-74pm.