CVE-2021-42361
WordPress Contact Form Email Stored XSS Vulnerability
Description
The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/trunk/cp-admin-int-list.inc.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.3.24. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 17, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 18, 2021, 4:48 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
1.7
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-42361.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&new=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-42361 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 18, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&new=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&new=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-42361 No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-42361 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 1.3.24
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-42361 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-42361
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.16927
percentile