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GSD-2023-0708

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting by using the 'mf_first_name' shortcode to echo unescaped form submissions in versions up to, and including, 3.3.0. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions or above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute when the victim visits a a page containing the shortcode when the submission id is present in the query string. Note that getting the JavaScript to execute requires user interaction as the victim must visit a crafted link with the form entry id, but the script itself is stored in the site database.

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CVE-2023-0708

Aliases

CVE-2023-0708

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CVE-2023-0708 (GCVE-0-2023-0708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-09 05:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:15

Title

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via mf_first_name shortcode

Summary

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-20 23:24 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metfor…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
roxnor	MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.3.0 (semver)

Credits

Ramuel Gall

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