Simple Basic Contact Form <= 20240502 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
The Simple Basic Contact Form plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 20240502. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The severity and exploitability depends on the functionality of other plugins installed in the environment.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4144
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cgvp-vvrf-hjp4
- 2026-10-06 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More wpkube vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-11789 Simple Basic Contact Form < 20250114 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2022-03869 Simple Basic Contact Form < 20221201 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2021-03219 Missing authorization in wpkube Social Sharing Plugin – Kiwi CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-20625 WordPress Subscribe To Comments Reloaded plugin <= 220725 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-10151 Authors List <= 2.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via update_authors_list_ajax CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2025-12438 Cool Tag Cloud <= 2.29 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-4144 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-4144 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cgvp-vvrf-hjp4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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