CVE-2024-8870

MEDIUM

6.1

Description

The Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat – Grow Your MailChimp List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.1

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published10/26/2024

Last Modified4/8/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mailchimp-wp/trunk/includes/eoi-subscribers.php#L353(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3198558/mailchimp-wp/trunk/includes/eoi-subscribers.php(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86389489-9f9d-479b-b351-19f25166fc91?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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