Contact Form by WPForms <= 1.6.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

2020-05-21 00:00

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.6.0.2

Affected PluginWPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More

Affected Version< 1.6.0.2

CVSS7.2High

CVEN/A

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Vulnerability Overview

The Contact Form by WPForms plugin for WordPress has a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, which is caused by improper input sanitization of user input via the choice label parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0.1.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.0.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/06bc7a24-eafc-4b06-852e-9b596f107805

CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

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

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