CVE-2021-24159 (GCVE-0-2021-24159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-05 18:27 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21
VLAI
Title
Contact Form 7 Style <= 3.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
Due to the lack of sanitization and lack of nonce protection on the custom CSS feature, an attacker could craft a request to inject malicious JavaScript on a site using the Contact Form 7 Style WordPress plugin through 3.1.9. If an attacker successfully tricked a site’s administrator into clicking a link or attachment, then the request could be sent and the CSS settings would be successfully updated to include malicious JavaScript.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2120 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Contact Form 7 Style Affected: 3.1.9 , ≤ 3.1.9 (custom)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Chloe Chamberland
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