Floating Contact Button < 2.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS
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 Floating Contact Button WordPress plugin before 2.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00348 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Floating Contact Button (Unknown): 2.8
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 | Floating Contact Button | before 2.8 | 2.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- Floating Contact Button VendorUnknown Affected before 2.8 Fixed in 2.8 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:just-a-web-developer:floating_contact_button:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.8 | Vulnerable | Just-a-web-developer |
- cpe:2.3:a:just-a-web-developer:floating_contact_button:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.8 Vulnerable ·Just-a-web-developer
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Floating Contact Button (Unknown) Fixed in 2.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7891
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gvqc-g8mm-r66f
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-7891 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7891 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gvqc-g8mm-r66f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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