CVE-2021-24896 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-24896

Caldera forms < 1.9.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The Caldera Forms WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not sanitise and escape the Form Name before outputting it in attributes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Dhananjay Garg

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms
Vulnerable Versions:
1.9.5

Timeline

Official Publish: December 13th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)