Simple Basic Contact Form <= 20240502 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-4144
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-05-14 16:17:33 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 19:21:33 UTC
DescriptionThe Simple Basic Contact Form plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 20240502. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The severity and exploitability depends on the functionality of other plugins installed in the environment.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

EPSS: 0.017190000 probability, percentile 0.824000000 (date 2026-04-12)

Problem Types: CWE-94 | CWE-94 CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
3.1CNADECLARED6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form affected 20240502 semver Not specified
ADP Wpkube Simple Basic Contact Form affected 20240502 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3085036 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-basic-contact-form/trunk/simple-basic-contact-... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ded1944f-662d-4d25-8277-4b1dc... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Matthew Rollings (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-05-13T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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