CVE-2024-10471 Everest Forms < 3.0.4.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts into Everest Forms settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- 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-2024-10471?
CVE-2024-10471 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Everest Forms, published on 26 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.4.2 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-2024-10471?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpeverest Everest Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10471 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-2024-10471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Everest Forms
- CVE-2025-3439 Deserialization in Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder
- CVE-2025-1128 Everest Forms <= 3.0.9.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload, Read, and Deletion
- CVE-2019-13575 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2025-5927 Everest Forms (Pro) <= 1.9.4 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
- CVE-2024-1812 Everest Forms <= 2.0.7 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via font_url
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpgg-w28j-jvph.