Unauthenticated script execution via unescaped form messages
Published Feb 17, 2025 · Updated Feb 19, 2025
Stored XSS in Kainex Wise Forms 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts in an administrator's browser via form submissions. The Results view renders the submitted message field as active HTML without sanitizing the stored value or escaping it for page output. Exploitation requires a form published under WordPress 4.8.25 and an administrator to open the submission in the WordPress dashboard.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Kainex Wise Forms 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts in an administrator's browser via form submissions. The Results view renders the submitted message field as active HTML without sanitizing the stored value or escaping it for page output. Exploitation requires a form published under WordPress 4.8.25 and an administrator to open the submission in the WordPress dashboard.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-13603
- Published
- Feb 17, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2025
- Vendor
- Marcin Ławrowski
- Product
- Wise Forms
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.2.0
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan Wise Forms stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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