reputeinfosystems Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder Plugin Shortcode do_shortcode code injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in reputeinfosystems Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder Plugin up to 1.7.2 on WordPress. This impacts the function do_shortcode of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-13785. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in reputeinfosystems Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder Plugin up to 1.7.2 on WordPress. Affected is the function do_shortcode of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The The Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder – ARForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.2. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

The weakness was disclosed by Krzysztof Zając. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-13785 since 01/28/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/21/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

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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• Survey Software

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• reputeinfosystems

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• Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder Plugin

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• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2

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