CVE-2024-7489 json
Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat <= 2.5.7 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form Color Parameters
published 2024-10-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-48403
- cvss
- 4.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat – Grow Your MailChimp List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the form color parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Patch / fix
- fatcatapps forms_for_mailchimp_by_optin_cat 2.5.8
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- fatcatapps Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat – Grow Your MailChimp List
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52f9db86-7fed-4b32-8384-3ceb300f9249?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mailchimp-wp/trunk/includes/eoi-functions.php#L91
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mailchimp-wp/trunk/includes/eoi-functions.php#L166
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3198558/mailchimp-wp/trunk/includes/eoi-functions.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-7489
- NVD CVE-2024-7489
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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.