Browser script execution via unescaped add_query_arg URL output
Published Nov 20, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Reflected XSS in Mailmunch Forms for Mailchimp 3.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts through crafted URLs. The plugin passes attacker-controlled query data through add_query_arg and renders the resulting URL without appropriate output escaping. Execution requires a user to open the crafted link, allowing script code to run in the affected site's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Mailmunch Forms for Mailchimp 3.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute scripts through crafted URLs. The plugin passes attacker-controlled query data through add_query_arg and renders the resulting URL without appropriate output escaping. Execution requires a user to open the crafted link, allowing script code to run in the affected site's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-8726
- Published
- Nov 20, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Mailmunch
- Product
- Mailmunch Forms for Mailchimp
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.2.3
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