CVE-2024-6243 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The HTML Forms WordPress plugin before 1.3.33 does not sanitize and escape the form message inputs, allowing high-privilege users, such as administrators, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linksoftwarellc	Html Forms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:linksoftwarellc:html_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4097877-ba19-4738-a994-9593b9a5a635/

History

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linksoftwarellc Linksoftwarellc html Forms
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:ibericode:html_forms::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:linksoftwarellc:html_forms::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Ibericode Ibericode html Forms	Linksoftwarellc Linksoftwarellc html Forms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-22T06:00:06.064Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:05.323Z

Reserved: 2024-06-21T13:19:50.613Z

Link: CVE-2024-6243

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:33:05.323Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-22T06:15:02.663

Modified: 2026-01-30T20:28:24.210

Link: CVE-2024-6243

Redhat

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