XSS in Codepeople Contact Form Email

CVE-2021-42361

The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/trunk/cp-admin-int-list.inc.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.3.24. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42361?
CVE-2021-42361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Contact Form Email, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-42361?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-42361 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.