PT-2023-31462 · WordPress · Autocomplete Location Field Contact Form 7

Bob Matyas · Published 2023-12-18 · Updated 2023-12-21 · CVE-2023-5005

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0 autocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7-pro WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.0

Description The issue concerns the Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin and its pro version, where certain settings are not properly sanitised and escaped. This could allow high-privilege users, such as administrators, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even in scenarios where the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, like in multisite setups.

Recommendations For Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0, update to version 3.0 or later. For autocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7-pro WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.0, update to version 2.0 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting administrative access to trusted users only until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5005

Affected Products

Autocomplete Location Field Contact Form 7

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfb174d4-7658-4883-a682-d06bda89ec44 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5005 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/64739 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1736842775214133359 · Twitter Post