TI-2023-05486 Aliases CVE-2023-5955 GHSA-64rm-9h4j-h7qv

Contact Form Email < 1.3.44 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published 2023-12-11 · Updated 2024-10-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
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 Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.44 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 0.00455 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Fixed Contact Form Email (Unknown): 1.3.44

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Contact Form Email	before 1.3.44	1.3.44	Patch available	CNA

Contact Form Email VendorUnknown Affected before 1.3.44 Fixed in 1.3.44 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email::::::wordpress::*	before 1.3.44	Vulnerable	codepeople

cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.3.44 Vulnerable ·codepeople

Remediation

Fix · CNA Contact Form Email (Unknown) Fixed in 1.3.44

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5955
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-64rm-9h4j-h7qv

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5fce7e-14fc-4548-8747-96fdd58fdd98

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
TI-2023-02546 Contact Form Email < 1.3.38 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

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Sources

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