CVE-2024-13453
Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms <= 2.6.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.3 High
- Published
- Jan 30, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 16, 2025
Description
The The Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.0. 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 |
|---|---|
Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateFormssmub |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98859214-7acf-4d40-9291-b5669b9614b7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pirate-forms/tags/2.6.0/gutenberg/class-pirateforms-gutenberg.php#L145
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3225666%40pirate-forms&old=3219203%40pirate-forms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file163
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