CVE-2024-9768 Formidable Forms < 6.14.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts into Formidable Forms settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite 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-2024-9768?
CVE-2024-9768 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Formidable Forms, published on 21 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 Formidable Forms WordPress plugin before 6.14.1 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-2024-9768?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Strategy11 Formidable Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9768?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9768 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-2024-9768 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9768 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Formidable Forms
- CVE-2023-2877 Formidable Forms < 6.3.1 - Subscriber+ Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2023-1405 Formidable Forms < 6.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2024-11188 Cross-site scripting in Formidable Forms – Contact Form Plugin, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder
- CVE-2024-0660 Formidable Forms <= 6.7.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-23522 WordPress Formidable Forms plugin <= 6.7 - Content Injection vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhmq-pc5m-24ff.