CVE-2024-11223 WPForms < 1.9.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts into WPForms settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments where unfiltered HTML is disabled.
- 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-2024-11223?
CVE-2024-11223 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WPForms, published on 26 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.9.2.3 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-2024-11223?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpforms Wpforms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-11223?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11223 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-2024-11223 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11223 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WPForms
- CVE-2024-11205 Missing authorization in WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More
- CVE-2023-7063 Cross-site scripting in WPForms Pro
- CVE-2024-13403 WPForms Lite <= 1.9.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via fieldHTML Parameter
- CVE-2020-36919 WPForms 1.7.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-56276 WordPress WPForms Lite plugin <= 1.9.2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-447r-cxfc-3q93.