CVE-2024-39647: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Kofi Mokome Message Filter for Contact Form 7, affecting versions up to 1.6.1.1. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 1, 2024, and allows for Reflected XSS attacks (Patchstack, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received varying CVSS scores. The NVD assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack rated it at 7.1 (HIGH) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website, which would be executed when guests visit the site. The attack requires user interaction to be successful (Patchstack).

Users are advised to update to version 1.6.2 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking attacks until users can update to a fixed version (Patchstack).