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
- Codepeople Contact_form_email
- Contact Form Email — versions 1.3.24
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.