------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Contact Form WordPress Plugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julien Rentrop, July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Contact Form WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing users' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a victim into opening a malicious website/link. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE-20160712-0042 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tested versions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This issue was successfully tested on Contact Form by BestWebSoft WordPress Plugin version 4.0.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This issue is partially resolved in Contact Form version 4.0.2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/stored_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_contact_form_wordpress_plugin.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summer of Pwnage (https://sumofpwn.nl) is a Dutch community project. Its goal is to contribute to the security of popular, widely used OSS projects in a fun and educational way.
