CVE-2024-0239 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Contact Form 7 Connector WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against administrators.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00337.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ari-soft Subscribe	Contact Form 7 Connector Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ari-soft:contact_form_7_connector:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-16037	The Contact Form 7 Connector WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against administrators.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b9a4a3e3-7cdd-4354-8541-4219bd41c854/

History

Fri, 09 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:57:03.662Z

Updated: 2025-05-09T15:56:29.885Z

Reserved: 2024-01-04T16:42:56.531Z

Link: CVE-2024-0239

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:41:16.028Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:14.507

Modified: 2025-05-09T16:15:22.680

Link: CVE-2024-0239

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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