CVE-2024-7692 in Flaming Forms Plugin
Summary
by MITRE • 09/02/2024
The Flaming Forms WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 03/11/2025
The Flaming Forms WordPress plugin version 1.0.1 contains a critical reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that poses significant security risks to administrators and high-privilege users. This vulnerability stems from the plugin's failure to properly sanitise and escape user-supplied input parameters before incorporating them into web page responses. The issue manifests when the plugin processes a parameter that is directly reflected back to users without adequate input validation or output escaping mechanisms.
The technical flaw resides in the plugin's handling of user-controllable data within its web interface. When a parameter is received through HTTP requests, the plugin fails to implement proper sanitisation routines that would neutralize malicious script content. This oversight allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code that executes in the context of the victim's browser session. The vulnerability specifically affects the plugin's output generation process where reflected parameters are directly embedded into HTML responses without proper HTML entity encoding or other sanitisation techniques.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is particularly severe due to its potential to target high-privilege users. When administrators or other users with elevated permissions access pages containing the reflected malicious content, the injected scripts execute with the same privileges as the victim user. This creates a significant attack surface for privilege escalation, session hijacking, and data exfiltration attacks. The vulnerability's exploitation requires minimal user interaction beyond visiting a maliciously crafted URL, making it particularly dangerous in targeted attacks against administrative accounts.
The vulnerability aligns with CWE-79 which describes improper neutralization of input during web page generation, specifically covering reflected cross-site scripting scenarios. From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this represents a technique that enables initial access and privilege escalation through web application exploitation, potentially leading to persistent access and lateral movement within compromised environments. Organizations using the Flaming Forms plugin version 1.0.1 should immediately implement mitigations including input validation, output escaping, and parameter sanitisation. The recommended approach involves updating to the latest plugin version where the vulnerability has been patched, implementing web application firewalls, and conducting thorough security audits of all installed WordPress plugins to identify similar vulnerabilities. Additionally, administrators should consider implementing content security policies and monitoring for suspicious user activity that might indicate exploitation attempts.