Formidable Forms Plugin up to 6.14.0 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Formidable Forms Plugin up to 6.14.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-9768. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Formidable Forms Plugin up to 6.14.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Setting Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Formidable Forms WordPress plugin before 6.14.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The weakness was shared by Krugov Artyom. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-9768 since 10/09/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Formidable Forms Plugin

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 6.14.0

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