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CVE-2023-0708: Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via mf_first_name shortcode
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: none known
- Published: 2023-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting by using the 'mf_first_name' shortcode to echo unescaped form submissions in versions up to, and including, 3.3.0. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions or above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute when the victim visits a a page containing the shortcode when the submission id is present in the query string. Note that getting the JavaScript to execute requires user interaction as the victim must visit a crafted link with the form entry id, but the script itself is stored in the site database.
Affected products
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/base/shortcode.php?rev=2845078
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae7549db-9a4b-4dee-8023-d7863dc3b4c8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/base/shortcode.php?rev=2845078
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae7549db-9a4b-4dee-8023-d7863dc3b4c8?source=cve
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