CVE-2023-0084
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 28.57% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wpmet/metform elementor contact form builder
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2845078%40metform&new=2845078%40metform&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/metform/#descriptionProduct
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/02/high-severity-xss-vulnerability-in-metform-elementor-contact-form-builder/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05f7d9fe-e95f-4ddf-9bce-2aeac3c2e946?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2845078%40metform&new=2845078%40metform&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/metform/#descriptionProduct
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05f7d9fe-e95f-4ddf-9bce-2aeac3c2e946Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.