PT-2023-15999 · WordPress · Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder

Mohammed El Amin · Published 2023-03-02 · Updated 2023-03-10 · CVE-2023-0084

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.1.2

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via text areas on forms due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, specifically the submissions page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.1.2, update to a version higher than 3.1.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the submissions page to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, ensure proper input sanitization and output escaping for all text areas on forms to prevent arbitrary web script injection.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0084

Affected Products

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/51204 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0084 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2845078%40metform&new=2845078%40metform&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0084 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05f7d9fe-e95f-4ddf-9bce-2aeac3c2e946 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/59340 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/blog/2023/02/high-severity-xss-vulnerability-in-metform-elementor-contact-form-builder · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/metform/#description · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05f7d9fe-e95f-4ddf-9bce-2aeac3c2e946?source=cve · Note