What is CVE-2024-2198?

CVE-2024-2198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bestwebsoft Contact Form By – Advanced Wp Builder For Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-2198?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-2198 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Bestwebsoft Contact Form By – Advanced Wp Builder For Wordpress

CVE-2024-2198

The Contact Form by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘cntctfrm_contact_address’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Bestwebsoft Contact Form By – Advanced Wp Builder For Wordpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2198?: CVE-2024-2198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bestwebsoft Contact Form By – Advanced Wp Builder For Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-2198?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2198 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.