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CVE-2024-9940: Calculated Fields Form <= 5.2.45 - HTML Injection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-75

Description

The Calculated Fields Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.45. This is due to the plugin not properly neutralizing HTML elements from submitted forms. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML that will render when the administrator views form submissions in their email.

Affected products

• codepeople Calculated Fields Form: before 5.2.46 — fixed in 5.2.46

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: codepeople Calculated Fields Form 5.2.46. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3168950%40calculated-fields-form&new=3168950%40calculated-fields-form&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2c9f6a5-8698-4452-bf0a-c1d796b2fdad?source=cve

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