#VU103429 Cross-site scripting in Contact Form 7 Redirect & Thank You Page - CVE-2024-12423
Published: January 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103429
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12423
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Contact Form 7 Redirect & Thank You Page
Contact Form 7 Redirect & Thank You Page
Software vendor:
Scott Paterson
Scott Paterson
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 in the "post" parameter. 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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-redirect-thank-you-page/tags/1.0.7/includes/admin/tabs_page.php#L87
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3220810%40cf7-redirect-thank-you-page&new=3220810%40cf7-redirect-thank-you-page&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file19
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d67965c-f8f3-4868-a261-81cfc80dbcb3?source=cve