CVE-2024-0386 weForms <= 1.6.21 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Referer

What is CVE-2024-0386?

CVE-2024-0386 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in boldgrid weForms – Easy Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder For WordPress, published on 12 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The weForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Referer' HTTP header in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0386?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Weformspro Weforms.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0386?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0386 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-2024-0386 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0386 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in boldgrid weForms – Easy Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder For WordPress

• CVE-2020-22276 Other in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-50896 WordPress weForms Plugin <= 1.6.17 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Medium 5.9
• CVE-2022-2395 weForms < 1.6.14 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 4.8
• CVE-2023-51524 WordPress weForms plugin <= 1.6.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 4.3
• CVE-2024-30512 WordPress weForms plugin <= 1.6.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Low 3.7

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xvxf-m2rv-ff79.