CVE-2021-42361

Contact Form Email <= 1.3.24 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Nov 17, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/trunk/cp-admin-int-list.inc.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.3.24. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to version 1.3.25 or newer.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-29332 The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/trunk/cp-admin-int-list.inc.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.3.24. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Feb 14, 2025, 5:51 PM
Reserved
Oct 14, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 17, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:09 AM