What is CVE-2023-2718?

CVE-2023-2718 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Contact Form Email, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-2718?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2718 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Codepeople Contact Form Email

CVE-2023-2718

The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Codepeople Contact_form_email
Unknown Contact Form Email — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
contact@wpscan.com (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2718?: CVE-2023-2718 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Contact Form Email, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-2718?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2718 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.