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CVE-2021-42361

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
November 17, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/trunk/cp-admin-int-list.inc.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.3.24. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Affected WordPress components

  • Contact Form Email Plugin · contact-form-to-email
    Possible match Active
    From 1.3.24 (including) to 1.3.24 (including)
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A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Contact Form Email Contact Form Email — From 1.3.24 (including) to 1.3.24 (including)
  • codepeople contact_form_email — Up to and including 1.3.24

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&new=2628041%40contact-form-to-email&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-42361 Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record