CVE-2024-11038
WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup <= 1.7.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.3 High
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 8, 2024
Description
The The WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.3 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Clickwpbean |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7faa800-3b29-4b79-8b94-1e7985acb50d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/tags/1.7.4/includes/class.ajax.php#L34
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188864/
- https://gist.github.com/wpbean/1a5abfea883621b4e150eab1362a420f
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