CVE-2015-2040 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Contact Form DB (aka CFDB and contact-form-7-to-database-extension) plugin 2.8.26 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the submit_time parameter in the CF7DBPluginSubmissions page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Published: 2015-02-20

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cfdbplugin:contact_form_db:2.8.26:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-2153	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Contact Form DB (aka CFDB and contact-form-7-to-database-extension) plugin 2.8.26 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the submit_time parameter in the CF7DBPluginSubmissions page to wp-admin/admin.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01633.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130311/WordPress-Contact-Form-DB-2.8.26-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100818

History

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Subscriptions

Cfdbplugin Contact Form Db

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-02-20T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:02:42.989Z

Reserved: 2015-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2040

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-20T16:59:09.100

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:23:29.277

Link: CVE-2015-2040

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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