FKIE_CVE-2021-24505

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-09 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Forms WordPress plugin before 1.12.3 did not sanitise its input fields, leading to Stored Cross-Site scripting issues. The plugin was vulnerable to an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the Forms "Add new" field.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/550e08ac-4c3a-4e22-8e98-bc5bfc020ca9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/550e08ac-4c3a-4e22-8e98-bc5bfc020ca9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
madeit forms *
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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  "id": "CVE-2021-24505",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:08.927",
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