# CVE-2024-13497: Cross-site scripting in WordPress form builder plugin for contact forms, surveys and quizzes – Tripetto

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via attachment uploads, leading to code execution when users view the files.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p48-8gpf-wwmc

## What is CVE-2024-13497?

CVE-2024-13497 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress form builder plugin for contact forms, surveys and quizzes – Tripetto, published on 15 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress form builder plugin for contact forms, surveys and quizzes – Tripetto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via attachment uploads in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the uploaded file.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13497?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tripetto Tripetto.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13497?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13497 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13497 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13497 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WordPress form builder plugin for contact forms, surveys and quizzes – Tripetto

- [CVE-2024-10260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10260/): Tripetto <= 8.0.11 - Unauthentiated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form File Upload (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2021-36895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36895/): WordPress Tripetto plugin <= 5.1.4 - Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via SVG image upload (medium 4.7)
- [CVE-2025-1530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1530/): Tripetto <= 8.0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Results Deletion (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13497 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13497 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress form builder plugin for contact forms, surveys and quizzes – Tripetto, published on 15 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13497 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WordPress form builder plugin for contact forms, surveys and quizzes – Tripetto. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13497/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13497/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13497
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13497
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13497

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13497/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.