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CVE-2024-6243 (GCVE-0-2024-6243)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-22 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:33
VLAI
Title
HTML Forms < 1.3.33 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The HTML Forms WordPress plugin before 1.3.33 does not sanitize and escape the form message inputs, allowing high-privilege users, such as administrators, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-22 13:47 UTC
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4097877-ba19-47… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown HTML Forms Affected: 0 , < 1.3.33 (semver)
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htmlforms html_forms Affected: 0 , < 1.3.33 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:htmlforms:html_forms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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