CVE-2014-8955

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Contact Form Clean and Simple (clean-and-simple-contact-form-by-meg-nicholas) plugin 4.4.0 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cscf[name] parameter to contact-us/.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128957/WordPress-Clean-And-Simple-Contact-Form-4.4.0-XSS.html	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98469
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128957/WordPress-Clean-And-Simple-Contact-Form-4.4.0-XSS.html	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98469

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:megnicholas:clean_and_simple_contact_form:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128957/WordPress-Clean-And-Simple-Contact-Form-4.4.0-XSS.html - Exploit~~	() http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128957/WordPress-Clean-And-Simple-Contact-Form-4.4.0-XSS.html - Exploit
References	~~() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98469 -~~	() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98469 -

Information

Published : 2014-11-17 16:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-8955

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8955

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8955

JSON object : View

Products Affected

megnicholas

clean_and_simple_contact_form

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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