Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-2302Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita <= 2.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita from vcita. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the edit_posts capability, such as contributors and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| vcita | Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita | 0 – through 2.6.4 |
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/4dfc237a-9157-4da9-ba8f-9daf2ba4f20b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lead-capturing-call-to-actions-by-vcita/trunk/vcita-callback.php
- https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2933281%40lead-capturing-call-to-actions-by-vcita%2Ftrunk&old=2748059%40lead-capturing-call-to-actions-by-vcita%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=