CVE-2024-12419: Design for Contact Form 7 Style WordPress Plugin – CF7 WOW Styler <= 1.7.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution and Reflected Cross-Site...
Description
The The Design for Contact Form 7 Style WordPress Plugin – CF7 WOW Styler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. This functionality is also vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. Version 1.7.0 patched the Reflected XSS issue, however, the arbitrary shortcode execution issue remains.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-12419
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
Affected Products
Vendor: tobias_conrad
Product: Design for Contact Form 7 Style WordPress Plugin – CF7 WOW Styler
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 23.15% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-05 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d78ea71-5886-488e-a660-0dc25129a8b6?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-styler/tags/1.6.9/admin/class-cf7-customizer-admin.php#L405
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-styler/tags/1.6.9/admin/class-cf7-customizer-admin.php#L300
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-styler/tags/1.6.9/admin/class-cf7-customizer-admin.php#L295