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TI-2023-04607 Aliases CVE-2023-5005GHSA-7cr4-32jg-hwx2

Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 < 3.0 - Admin+ Store Cross-Site Scripting

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 3.0, autocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7-pro WordPress plugin before 2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00442 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 (Unknown): 3.0Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 Pro (Unknown): 2.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownAutocomplete Location field Contact Form 7before 3.03.0Patch availableCNA
UnknownAutocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 Probefore 2.02.0Patch availableCNA
  • Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 VendorUnknown Affected before 3.0 Fixed in 3.0 Patch available CNA
  • Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 Pro VendorUnknown Affected before 2.0 Fixed in 2.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:codesmade:autocomplete_location_field_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 3.0VulnerableCodesmade
cpe:2.3:a:codesmade:autocomplete_location_field_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*before 2.0VulnerableCodesmade
  • cpe:2.3:a:codesmade:autocomplete_location_field_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.0 Vulnerable ·Codesmade
  • cpe:2.3:a:codesmade:autocomplete_location_field_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.0 Vulnerable ·Codesmade

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 (Unknown) Fixed in 3.0
  • Fix · CNA Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 Pro (Unknown) Fixed in 2.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5005
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7cr4-32jg-hwx2

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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