# CVE-2024-29117: WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin <= 1.7.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via stored XSS in the Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rh6r-mvm2-jvgv

## What is CVE-2024-29117?

CVE-2024-29117 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Contact Forms by Cimatti, published on 19 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Cimatti Consulting Contact Forms by Cimatti allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Contact Forms by Cimatti: from n/a through 1.7.0.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29117?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cimatti Wordpress Contact Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29117?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-29117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Contact Forms by Cimatti

- [CVE-2023-28781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28781/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti Plugin <= 1.5.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-28789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28789/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti Plugin <= 1.5.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-30549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30549/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin <= 1.8.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-35051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35051/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin <= 1.5.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-47230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47230/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti Plugin <= 1.6.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29117 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29117 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Contact Forms by Cimatti, published on 19 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Contact Forms by Cimatti. 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-2024-29117/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29117/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29117
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29117
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29117

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29117/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.