CVE-2024-0618 Fluent Forms <= 5.1.5 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via imported form title

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Administrators can inject scripts via form titles in specific WordPress configurations, leading to stored XSS attacks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-0618?

CVE-2024-0618 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in techjewel Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder, published on 27 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Contact Form Plugin – Fastest Contact Form Builder Plugin for WordPress by Fluent Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via imported form titles in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0618?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fluentforms Contact Form.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0618?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0618 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-2024-0618 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3qxr-cm3w-hpmq.

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