CVE-2024-12716 Simple Basic Contact Form < 20250114 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite setups.
- 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-2024-12716?
CVE-2024-12716 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Basic Contact Form, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin before 20250114 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-2024-12716?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12716?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12716 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-2024-12716 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12716 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Basic Contact Form
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gr5-vxg2-5c62.