TI-2024-02081 Aliases CVE-2024-2242 GHSA-4844-58hp-rqwx

Contact Form 7 <= 5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 30CWE-79Published 2024-03-13 · Updated 2026-04-08

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: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘active-tab’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.013 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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
rocklobsterinc	Contact Form 7	up to 5.9	—	No fix listed	CNA

Contact Form 7 Vendorrocklobsterinc Affected up to 5.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7::::::wordpress::*	before 5.9.2	Vulnerable	rocklobsterinc

cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.9.2 Vulnerable ·rocklobsterinc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2242
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4844-58hp-rqwx

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5bf4972-424a-4470-a0bc-7dcc95378e0e?source=cve

Other 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3049594/contact-form-7/trunk/admin/edit-contact-form.php

TI-2020-18011 The contact-form-7 (aka Contact Form 7) plugin before 5.3.2 for WordPress allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2024-04377 Contact Form 7 < 5.9.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2018-14941 The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-06451 Contact Form 7 Style <= 3.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-05917 Contact Form 7 <= 5.8.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2025-02844 Contact Form 7 <= 6.0.5 - Order Replay Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

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Sources

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