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medium 6.5

CVE-2024-4144 json

Simple Basic Contact Form <= 20240502 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-32704

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Simple Basic Contact Form plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 20240502. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The severity and exploitability depends on the functionality of other plugins installed in the environment.

Patch / fix

  • megnicholas clean_and_simple_contact_form 20240511
  • wpkube simple_basic_contact_form 20240511

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form
  • wpkube simple_basic_contact_form

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
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References

Sources

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