CVE-2023-0084 (GCVE-0-2023-0084)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-02 18:35 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:33
VLAI?
Title
Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via text areas on forms in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, which is the submissions page.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.1.2 (semver)
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Credits
Mohammed El Amin, Chemouri
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