CVE-2023-5119 (GCVE-0-2023-5119)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-20 18:55 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:44
VLAI
Title
Forminator and Forminator Pro < 1.27.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Forminator WordPress plugin before 1.27.0 does not properly sanitize the redirect-url field in the form submission settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as an administrator to inject arbitrary web scripts even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/229207bb-8f8d-45… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Forminator Affected: 0 , < 1.27.0 (semver)
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Credits
Mohamed Azarudheen WPScan
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