WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti < 1.4.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 does not sanitise and escape the Form Title before outputting it in some admin pages. which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00617 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti (Unknown): 1.4.12
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti | 1.4.12 to before 1.4.12 | 1.4.12 | Patch available | CNA |
- WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti VendorUnknown Affected 1.4.12 to before 1.4.12 Fixed in 1.4.12 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cimatti:contact_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.4.12 | Vulnerable | Cimatti Consulting |
- cpe:2.3:a:cimatti:contact_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.4.12 Vulnerable ·Cimatti Consulting
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti (Unknown) Fixed in 1.4.12
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24744
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-594h-wpwq-r565
References
More Cimatti Consulting Contact Forms vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-02395 WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti <= 1.5.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via _accua_forms_form_edit_action CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-24744 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24744 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-594h-wpwq-r565 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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