CVE-2024-12112 Easy Form Builder <= 3.8.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated subscribers can inject arbitrary scripts via the form name parameter, leading to stored XSS and potential account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12112?
CVE-2024-12112 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in hassantafreshi Easy Form Builder by WhiteStudio — Drag & Drop Form Builder, published on 8 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Easy Form Builder – WordPress plugin form builder: contact form, survey form, payment form, and custom form builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'name' parameter of the 'add_form_Emsfb' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping and missing authorization checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, 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-2024-12112?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12112?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12112 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-2024-12112 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12112 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j54q-2243-96cv.