CVE-2024-7056 WPForms < 1.9.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts into WPForms settings, leading to stored XSS attacks in WordPress environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-7056?
CVE-2024-7056 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WPForms, published on 25 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WPForms WordPress plugin before 1.9.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as Admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7056?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpforms Wpforms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-7056?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7056 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-2024-7056 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7056 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WPForms
- CVE-2024-11205 Missing authorization in WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More
- CVE-2023-7063 Cross-site scripting in WPForms Pro
- CVE-2024-13403 WPForms Lite <= 1.9.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via fieldHTML Parameter
- CVE-2020-36919 WPForms 1.7.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-11223 WPForms < 1.9.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8pvr-h3wm-pfpm.