CVE-2024-2242

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Mar 13, 2024
Updated: Mar 14, 2024
CWE ID 23
CWE ID 200

Summary

CVE-2024-2242 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Contact Form 7, a popular WordPress plugin. The issue, present in all versions up to 5.9, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'active-tab' parameter. Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, posing a risk when users are tricked into executing these scripts by clicking on malicious links.

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Affected Products

  • Fedora Operating System
  • Jupyter Notebook

Affected Vendors

  • Jupyter
  • Fedora Project