veerwest WP-FormAssembly Plugin up to 2.0.11 on WordPress Shortcode formassembly cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in veerwest WP-FormAssembly Plugin up to 2.0.11 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is the function formassembly of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-13501. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in veerwest WP-FormAssembly Plugin up to 2.0.11 on WordPress. Affected is the function formassembly of the component Shortcode 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 WP-FormAssembly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'formassembly' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The weakness was shared by Muhammad Yudha. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-13501 since 01/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. 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.

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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• veerwest

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• WP-FormAssembly Plugin

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.11

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