CVE-2023-5955 Contact Form Email < 1.3.44 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite environments.
- 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-2023-5955?
CVE-2023-5955 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form Email, published on 11 Dec 2023. 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 Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.44 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-2023-5955?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Codepeople Contact Form Email.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5955 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-2023-5955 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5955 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Contact Form Email
- CVE-2018-20964 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- 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
- CVE-2023-2718 Contact Form Email < 1.3.38 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-64rm-9h4j-h7qv.