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Contact Form Email vulnerabilities
Contact Form Email has 6 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 11 Dec 2023.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 6
- Active installs
- 8,000+
- Latest version
- 1.3.68
- Last updated
- 17 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 11 Dec 2023
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-5955 | Medium 4.8 | Before 1.3.44 | Fixed in 1.3.44 | 11 Dec 2023 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-2718 | Medium 5.4 | Before 1.3.38 | Fixed in 1.3.38 | 12 Jun 2023 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-42361 | Medium 4.8 | Up to 1.3.24 | Fixed in a later version (latest 1.3.68) | 17 Nov 2021 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2018-20963 | Medium 6.1 | Before 1.2.66 | Fixed in 1.2.66 | 13 Aug 2019 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2018-20964 | High 8.8 | Before 1.2.66 | Fixed in 1.2.66 | 13 Aug 2019 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2019-9646 | Medium 6.1 | Before 1.2.66 | Fixed in 1.2.66 | 10 Mar 2019 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2023-5955, 11 Dec 2023
- The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.44 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) CVE record
- CVE-2023-2718, 12 Jun 2023
- The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability. CVE record
- CVE-2021-42361, 17 Nov 2021
- The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/trunk/cp-admin-int-list.inc.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.3.24. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled. CVE record
- CVE-2018-20963, 13 Aug 2019
- The contact-form-to-email plugin before 1.2.66 for WordPress has XSS. CVE record
- CVE-2018-20964, 13 Aug 2019
- The contact-form-to-email plugin before 1.2.66 for WordPress has CSRF. CVE record
- CVE-2019-9646, 10 Mar 2019
- The Contact Form Email plugin before 1.2.66 for WordPress allows wp-admin/admin.php item XSS, related to cp_admin_int_edition.inc.php in the "custom edition area." CVE record
What to do if you run Contact Form Email
If you run Contact Form Email, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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