CVE-2023-5005 Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 < 3.0 - Admin+ Store Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Autocomplete Location field plugin, affecting multisite setups.
- 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-2023-5005?
CVE-2023-5005 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7, published on 18 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 3.0, autocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7-pro WordPress plugin before 2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5005?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Codesmade Autocomplete Location Field Contact Form 7.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5005 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-2023-5005 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5005 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cr4-32jg-hwx2.