CVE-2021-47870 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-47870

GetSimple CMS My SMTP Contact Plugin 1.1.2 - Stored XSS

Vulnerability Description

GetSimple CMS My SMTP Contact Plugin 1.1.2 suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The plugin attempts to sanitize user input using htmlspecialchars(), but this can be bypassed by passing dangerous characters as escaped hex bytes. This allows attackers to inject arbitrary client-side code that executes in the administrator's browser when visiting a malicious page.

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:

  • Bobby Cooke (boku)

Affected Vendor

GetSimple CMS

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Affected Software

My SMTP Contact Plugin
Vulnerable Versions:
1.1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 21st, 2026
Last Modified: May 12th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)