CVE-2023-2718 json
Contact Form Email < 1.3.38 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
published 2023-06-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-34182
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Contact Form Email 1.3.38
Exploit prediction
0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8ad824a6-2d49-4f02-8252-393c59aa9705 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- onvio.nl https://www.onvio.nl/nieuws/research-day-discovering-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Contact Form Email
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/8ad824a6-2d49-4f02-8252-393c59aa9705
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
-
onvio.nl
/nieuws/research-day-discovering-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins
exploit
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-2718
- NVD CVE-2023-2718
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