CVE-2021-24907
Published: 21 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-24907 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wpeverest Everest Forms. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 34.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-11819
Vulnerability details
The Contact Form, Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 does not escape the status parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.