The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
History

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpeverest
Wpeverest everest Forms
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpeverest:everest_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpeverest
Wpeverest everest Forms

Sat, 17 May 2025 03:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Description The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Title Everest Forms < 3.0.3.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-05-15T20:07:16.228Z

Updated: 2025-05-17T03:09:57.258Z

Reserved: 2024-09-06T18:29:34.256Z

Link: CVE-2024-8542

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-17T03:09:51.991Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-15T20:15:58.903

Modified: 2025-06-04T20:08:44.297

Link: CVE-2024-8542

cve-icon Redhat

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