Contact Form DB <= 2.8.19 - Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2014-7139
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 10, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Contact Form DB (aka CFDB and contact-form-7-to-database-extension) plugin before 2.8.20 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) form or (2) enc parameter in the CF7DBPluginShortCodeBuilder page to wp-admin/admin.php. A partial patch was released in version 2.8.16 but the problem was not fully resolved until 2.8.20.

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Vulnerability Details for Contact Form DB

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug contact-form-7-to-database-extension (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.8.20, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.19
Patched Version
  • 2.8.20

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