Cross-site scripting in Forminator plugin for WordPress



Published: 2024-09-13
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-45625
CWE-ID CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Forminator Contact Form, Poll & Quiz Builder
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor WPMU DEV

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU97249

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45625

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Forminator Contact Form, Poll & Quiz Builder: 1.5.1 - 1.34.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://wordpress.org/plugins/forminator/
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3135507%40forminator%2Ftrunk%2Fassets%2Fjs%2Ffront%2Ffront.mergetags.js&old=3111152%40forminator%2Ftrunk%2Fassets%2Fjs%2Ffront%2Ffront.mergetags.js
http://wpmudev.com/
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN65724976/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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