PT-2024-19410 · WordPress · Contact Form 7

Asaf Mozes · Published 2024-03-13 · Updated 2025-01-17 · CVE-2024-2242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Contact Form 7 versions up to, and including, 5.9

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the active-tab parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.9, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the active-tab parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-2242

Affected Products

Contact Form 7

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2242 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5bf4972-424a-4470-a0bc-7dcc95378e0e?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107809 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3049594/contact-form-7/trunk/admin/edit-contact-form.php · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1768213796445986992 · Twitter Post