CVE-2023-5005: 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

medium Affects autocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
autocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<3.0 or <2.0
Fixed in
3.0
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (38.4th percentile)
Published
2023-12-18
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordautocomplete-location-field-contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) advisories

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