The cformsII plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting via an unknown parameter in versions up to, and including, 15.0.6 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.
CVE-2024-22149 is a high severity with CVSS 7.2 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin cformsII. It affects Versions up to 15.0.6 and is fixed in 15.0.7.
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CVE-2024-22149 is tracked for the Plugin cformsII as high severity with CVSS 7.2. The affected range is Versions up to 15.0.6. Update cformsII to 15.0.7 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
cforms2
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-22149 |
| Patched Versions |
15.0.7
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 15.0.6
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
cformsII < 14.6.10 - SQL Injection
cformsII < 14.8 - Arbitrary File Upload
CformsII <= 15.0.1 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection & Cross-Site Request Forgery
cformsII <= 15.1.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
cformsII <= 14.12.3 - Authenticated SQL Injection
cformsII <= 14.13.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
cformsII <= 13.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
CformsII <=11.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
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