Optin Cat Forms for Mailchimp Plugin up to 2.5.6 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Optin Cat Forms for Mailchimp Plugin up to 2.5.6 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8870. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Optin Cat Forms for Mailchimp Plugin up to 2.5.6 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat – Grow Your MailChimp List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-8870 since 09/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• Optin Cat

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• Forms for Mailchimp Plugin

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• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6

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