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WordPress Contact Form Plugin Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with WordPress Contact Form Plugin and is prone to cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Input passed via the 'width' parameter to the xd_resize.php script is not properly sanitised before returning to the user.
Affected Software
Affected Software
WordPress Contact Form Plugin version 2.3 and prior.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Send a crafted data via HTTP GET request and check whether it is able to read cookie or not.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.