Simple Basic Contact Form <= 20240502 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
CVE-2024-4144Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤20240502Update to 20240511 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Simple Basic Contact Form simple-basic-contact-form
- Affected≤ 20240502
- Patched in20240511
Update to 20240511 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 20240502. Version 20240511 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Simple Basic Contact Form.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 20240511, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Simple Basic Contact Form to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to stealthcopter.
The 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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Simple Basic Contact Form
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤20250114No patch available | CVE-2026-8172 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤20240511Update to 20250114 | CVE-2024-12716 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤20221201Update to 20240502 | CVE-2024-4150 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤20220207Update to 20221201 | CVE-2022-4226 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤20250114No patch available
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤20240511Update to 20250114
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤20221201Update to 20240502
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤20220207Update to 20221201
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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