CVE-2024-13453: Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms <= 2.6.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Description
The The Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.0. 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-13453
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Products
Vendor: smub
Product: Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 18.25% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-28 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98859214-7acf-4d40-9291-b5669b9614b7?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pirate-forms/tags/2.6.0/gutenberg/class-pirateforms-gutenberg.php#L145
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3225666%40pirate-forms&old=3219203%40pirate-forms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file163