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CVE-2024-6520:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-6520) affecting all versions up to and including 5.1.19. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on July 26, 2024 (Wordfence Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin. The CVSS v3.1 score is 4.8 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N according to NVD's assessment (NVD). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting').
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 5.1.20 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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