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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2024-4144 json

Simple Basic Contact Form <= 20240502 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

published 2024-05-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-32704

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Simple Basic Contact Form plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 20240502. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The severity and exploitability depends on the functionality of other plugins installed in the environment.

Patch / fix

  • megnicholas clean_and_simple_contact_form 20240511
  • wpkube simple_basic_contact_form 20240511

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form
  • wpkube simple_basic_contact_form

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.