# CVE-2024-4704: Contact Form 7 < 5.9.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect

> An unauthenticated attacker can redirect users to malicious URLs via the Contact Form 7 plugin, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3w26-g558-6q3x

## What is CVE-2024-4704?

CVE-2024-4704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form 7, published on 27 Jun 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 WordPress plugin before 5.9.5 has an open redirect that allows an attacker to utilize a false URL and redirect to the URL of their choosing.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4704?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rocklobster Contact Form 7.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4704 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4704 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Contact Form 7

- [CVE-2020-35489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35489/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-20979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20979/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24159](https://insights.sbomify.com/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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6449/): Contact Form 7 <= 5.8.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2024-2242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2242/): Contact Form 7 <= 5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4704 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form 7, published on 27 Jun 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4704 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Contact Form 7. 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-2024-4704/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4704/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4704
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4704
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4704

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4704/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.