CVE-2024-9940

Oct. 18, 2024, 12:53 p.m.

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-75
2024-10-17
CVE-2024-9940

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Calculated Fields Form plugin for WordPress

  • up to 5.2.45

Description

The Calculated Fields Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.45. This is due to the plugin not properly neutralizing HTML elements from submitted forms. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML that will render when the administrator views form submissions in their email.

Weaknesses

CWE-75
Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)

The product does not adequately filter user-controlled input for special elements with control implications.

CWE ID: 75

Date

Published: Oct. 17, 2024, 2:15 a.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 18, 2024, 12:53 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3168950%40calculated-fields-form&new=3168950%40calculated-fields-form&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
security@wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2c9f6a5-8698-4452-bf0a-c1d796b2fdad?source=cve
security@wordfence.com