CVE-2023-2718 Contact Form Email < 1.3.38 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Contact Form Email plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.
- 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-2023-2718?
CVE-2023-2718 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form Email, published on 12 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 Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2718?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Codepeople Contact Form Email.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2718?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2718 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-2023-2718 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2718 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Contact Form Email
- CVE-2018-20964 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2023-5955 Contact Form Email < 1.3.44 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2018-20963 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2019-9646 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2025-24727 WordPress Contact Form to Email Plugin <= 1.3.52 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v663-v876-4rw6.