CVE-2023-5005 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-5005

Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 < 3.0 - Admin+ Store Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 3.0, autocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7-pro WordPress plugin before 2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

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:

  • Bob Matyas
  • WPScan

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7, Autocomplete Location field Contact Form 7 Pro
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 18th, 2023
Last Modified: May 7th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.