CVE-2024-2200: The Contact Form by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘cntctfrm_contact_subject’ parameter...
Description
The Contact Form by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘cntctfrm_contact_subject’ 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-2200
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Affected Products
Vendor: bestwebsoft
Product: Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced Contact Us Form Builder for WordPress
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 1.52% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 78.98% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-27 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: partial
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2200https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/28524702-3428-4fca-afe8-71b3f2dd983d?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3047840/contact-form-plugin