CVE-2023-44230 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-44230: WordPress Popup contact form Plugin <= 7.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Gopi Ramasamy

Product Popup contact form

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published October 2, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gopi Ramasamy Popup contact form plugin <= 7.1 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Popup Contact Form versions 7.1 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in form handling. An authenticated administrator with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with the form. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in visitors' browsers when they view or submit the contact form.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators with high privileges could inject scripts affecting form submissions and visitor data; requires user interaction to trigger.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin privileges and trick a user into visiting a crafted page or link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 2, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44230 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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