Supsystic Contact Form Plugin up to 1.7.28 on WordPress special elements in template engine

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Supsystic Contact Form Plugin up to 1.7.28 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in special elements in template engine. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-48042. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Supsystic Contact Form Plugin up to 1.7.28 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a special elements in template engine vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1336. The product uses a template engine to insert or process externally-influenced input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements or syntax that can be interpreted as template expressions or other code directives when processed by the engine. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in supsystic Contact Form by Supsystic contact-form-by-supsystic allows Command Injection.This issue affects Contact Form by Supsystic: from n/a through <= 1.7.28.

The weakness was shared by Hakiduck. The advisory is shared for download at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-48042 since 10/08/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1221.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Special elements in template engine
CWE: CWE-1336 / CWE-791 / CWE-790
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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10/08/2024 🔍
10/16/2024 +8 days 🔍
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04/05/2026 +536 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Hakiduck
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-48042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-48042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280644

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2024 16:07
Updated: 04/05/2026 17:22
Changes: 10/16/2024 16:07 (63), 04/05/2026 17:22 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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