Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-4709Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder <= 5.1.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder from techjewel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 via the ‘subject’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 5.1.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, and access granted by an administrator, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| techjewel | Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder | 0 – through 5.1.16 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5fe317a6-a391-441a-aac8-c8fa57e73169?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/trunk/app/Services/FormBuilder/Notifications/EmailNotification.php#L106
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/trunk/app/Services/FormBuilder/Notifications/EmailNotification.php#L164
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/trunk/app/Services/FormBuilder/Notifications/EmailNotification.php#L194
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088078/