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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-13403
CVE-2024-13403:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WPForms WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.9.3.1) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the 'fieldHTML' parameter. This vulnerability affects the popular form builder plugin that allows creation of contact forms, payment forms, and surveys (CVE Details).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'fieldHTML' parameter. This security flaw affects authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above, allowing them to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages (CVE Details).
Impact
When successfully exploited, the vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses an affected page. This could potentially lead to client-side attacks against site visitors (CVE Details).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update their WPForms plugin to a version newer than 1.9.3.1 to address this vulnerability. The issue has been fixed in subsequent releases (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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