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CVE-2023-0084: Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting — Wordfence Intelligence Community Edition
The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via text areas on forms in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, which is the submissions page.
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
CVE
CVE-2023-0084
CVSS
7.2 (High)
Publicly Published
February 2, 2023
Last Updated
March 2, 2023
Researcher
Mohammed El Amin, Chemouri
Description
The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via text areas on forms in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, which is the submissions page.
References
- wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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1 affected software package
Software Type
Plugin
Software Slug
metform (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?
Yes
Remediation
Update to version 3.2.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
- <= 3.1.2
Patched Version
- 3.2.0
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WordPress Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin versions 3.1.2 and below suffer from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.