westguard WS Form LITE Plugin up to 1.10.13 on WordPress URL Parameter cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in westguard WS Form LITE Plugin up to 1.10.13 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component URL Parameter Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13509. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in westguard WS Form LITE Plugin up to 1.10.13 on WordPress. Affected is some unknown processing of the component URL Parameter Handler. The manipulation 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 WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the url parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.10.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. NOTE: This vulnerability is partially fixed in 1.10.13 and completely fixed in 1.10.14.

The weakness was published by Tim Coen. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-13509 since 01/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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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• westguard

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• WS Form LITE Plugin

Version

• 1.10.0
• 1.10.1
• 1.10.2
• 1.10.3
• 1.10.4
• 1.10.5
• 1.10.6
• 1.10.7
• 1.10.8
• 1.10.9
• 1.10.10
• 1.10.11
• 1.10.12
• 1.10.13

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