Contact Form Check Tester <= 1.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24247
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published April 10, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher 0xB9
Description

The Contact Form Check Tester WordPress plugin through 1.0.2 settings are visible to all registered users in the dashboard and are lacking any sanitisation. As a result, any registered user, such as subscriber, can leave an XSS payload in the plugin settings, which will be triggered by any user visiting them, and could allow for privilege escalation. The vendor decided to close the plugin.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug contact-form-check-tester (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.2
Patched Version
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