Contact Form Email Plugin up to 1.3.37 on WordPress submitted cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Contact Form Email Plugin up to 1.3.37 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument submitted results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-2718. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Contact Form Email Plugin up to 1.3.37 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument submitted with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.

The weakness was shared 06/12/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-2718 since 05/15/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.3.38 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Contact Form Email Plugin

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9
• 1.3.10
• 1.3.11
• 1.3.12
• 1.3.13
• 1.3.14
• 1.3.15
• 1.3.16
• 1.3.17
• 1.3.18
• 1.3.19
• 1.3.20
• 1.3.21
• 1.3.22
• 1.3.23
• 1.3.24
• 1.3.25
• 1.3.26
• 1.3.27
• 1.3.28
• 1.3.29
• 1.3.30
• 1.3.31
• 1.3.32
• 1.3.33
• 1.3.34
• 1.3.35
• 1.3.36
• 1.3.37

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