6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-4144
WordPress Simple Basic Contact Form Arbitrary Shortcode Execution Vulnerability
Description

The Simple Basic Contact Form plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 20240502. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The severity and exploitability depends on the functionality of other plugins installed in the environment.

INFO

Published Date :

May 14, 2024, 4:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 14, 2024, 7:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Simple Basic Contact Form plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 20240502. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The severity and exploitability depends on the functionality of other plugins installed in the environment.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ded1944f-662d-4d25-8277-4b1dc63b2144?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-basic-contact-form/trunk/simple-basic-contact-form.php#L543 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3085036/ [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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