5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-6520
Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

INFO

Published Date :

July 27, 2024, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-6520 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-6520 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fluentforms contact_form
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-2024-6520.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3125227/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluentform/#developers Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a30d35c-9883-4b0f-83a2-494401c45d8e?source=cve Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

The fastest and easiest WordPress Contact Form Builder for WordPress.

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PHP JavaScript CSS HTML Hack Vue SCSS Less

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
38 stars 28 fork 28 watcher
Born at : Jan. 17, 2018, 8:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-6520 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-6520 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3125227/ No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3125227/ Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluentform/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluentform/#developers Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a30d35c-9883-4b0f-83a2-494401c45d8e?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a30d35c-9883-4b0f-83a2-494401c45d8e?source=cve Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:fluentforms:contact_form:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.1.20
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a30d35c-9883-4b0f-83a2-494401c45d8e?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluentform/#developers [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3125227/ [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Wordfence CWE-79
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-6520 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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