CVE-2024-2242 Contact Form 7 <= 5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-2242?

CVE-2024-2242 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘active-tab’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2242?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rocklobster Contact Form 7.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2242 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-2024-2242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7

• CVE-2020-35489 File upload in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2018-20979 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-24159 Contact Form 7 Style <= 3.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting High 8.8
• CVE-2023-6449 Contact Form 7 <= 5.8.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload Medium 6.6
• CVE-2024-4704 Contact Form 7 < 5.9.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect Medium 6.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4844-58hp-rqwx.