CVE-2024-4709 Cross-site scripting in Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the subject parameter, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4709?
CVE-2024-4709 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in techjewel Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder, published on 18 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘subject’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 5.1.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, and access granted by an administrator, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4709?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fluentforms Contact Form.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4709?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4709 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-2024-4709 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4709 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5h9-p6gp-j46h.