CVE-2024-54223

ARForms Form Builder <= 1.7.1 - HTML Injection

2024-12-05 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.7.2
Affected Plugin: Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder – ARForms
Affected Version: <= 1.7.1
CVSS: 6.5Medium
Weakness type: CWE-80 · Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
CVE: CVE-2024-54223

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At a glance

CVE-2024-54223 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.7.1. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.7.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2024, reported by Pritam Dash.

Vulnerability Overview

The Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder – ARForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1. This is due to the plugin not properly sanitizing and escaping data. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject HTML elements.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-80: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as <, >, and & that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages.

Remediation

Update to version 1.7.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder 1.7.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-54223 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f800bc0-5b1b-43fa-a267-d8db444d0c2c https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54223

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder – ARForms

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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