Contact Form Email < 1.3.44 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2023-11-1400:00:00

Mohamed Azarudheen

contact form email

editor+

stored cross-site scripting

cross-site scripting

javascript

payload

exploit

security issue

6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.2%

JSON

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

1. Create a form and navigate to 'Edit' and 'Settings.'
3. Under the 'On submit action,' select the option to "Stay on the page and display a classic JavaScript alert box with a message."
3. Enter the payload is provided: `</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>`. 
4. Save and publish by visiting the page. It will execute the payload.