XSS in Wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form
CVE-2024-12716
The Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin before 20250114 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form
- Simple Basic Contact Form — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9fa48f1-d7fd-4968-a122-937803f186a2/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-12716?
- CVE-2024-12716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-15.
- How severe is CVE-2024-12716?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.