CVE-2024-6243

HTML Forms < 1.3.33 - Admin+ Stored XSS

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Published Jul 22, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The HTML Forms WordPress plugin before 1.3.33 does not sanitize and escape the form message inputs, allowing high-privilege users, such as administrators, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

HTML Forms

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.3.33

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:linksoftwarellc:html_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.353% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4097877-ba19-4738-a994-9593b9a5a635/

History

Jan 30, 2026 8:30 PM First appearance in the feed. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linksoftwarellc Linksoftwarellc html Forms
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:ibericode:html_forms::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:linksoftwarellc:html_forms::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Ibericode Ibericode html Forms	Linksoftwarellc Linksoftwarellc html Forms

Subscriptions

Linksoftwarellc Html Forms

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jul 22, 2024, 6:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:33 PM
Reserved: Jun 21, 2024, 1:19 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:33 PM

Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 9:33 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 8:17 AM

Status: Analyzed
Published: Jul 22, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 8:17 AM

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