CVE-2021-24744: WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti < 1.4.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 does not sanitise and escape the Form Title before outputting it in some admin pages. which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Affected products

WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti: before 1.4.12 — fixed in 1.4.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti 1.4.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/702a4283-1fd6-4186-9db7-6ad387d714ea
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/702a4283-1fd6-4186-9db7-6ad387d714ea

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