CVE-2023-5955

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

T

he Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.44 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)

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2023-12-11 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:42

NVD link : CVE-2023-5955

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5955

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5955

JSON object : View

Products Affected

contact_form_email

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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