What is CVE-2024-2242?

CVE-2024-2242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-2242?

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

Is CVE-2024-2242 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7

CVE-2024-2242

The Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘active-tab’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it poss…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.685 (98.6th 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

Rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7 — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2242?: CVE-2024-2242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-2242?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2242 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.