Contact Form Email < 1.3.38 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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 Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00505 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Contact Form Email (Unknown): 1.3.38
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 | Contact Form Email | before 1.3.38 | 1.3.38 | Patch available | CNA |
- Contact Form Email VendorUnknown Affected before 1.3.38 Fixed in 1.3.38 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.3.38 | Vulnerable | codepeople |
- cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.3.38 Vulnerable ·codepeople
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Contact Form Email (Unknown) Fixed in 1.3.38
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2718
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v663-v876-4rw6
References
More codepeople Contact Form Email vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05486 Contact Form Email < 1.3.44 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-14926 The contact-form-to-email plugin before 1.2.66 for WordPress has CSRF. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-26181 WordPress Contact Form Email plugin <= 1.3.41 - Captcha Bypass vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-07059 The Contact Form Email plugin before 1.2.66 for WordPress allows wp-admin/admin.php item… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-14925 The contact-form-to-email plugin before 1.2.66 for WordPress has XSS. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-18444 WordPress Contact Form to Email Plugin <= 1.3.52 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2023-2718 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2718 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v663-v876-4rw6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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