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CVE-2024-2242: The Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘active-tab’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization

medium Affects contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘active-tab’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization

Package
contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<5.9.2
Fixed in
5.9.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (70.3th percentile)
Published
2024-03-13
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordcontact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) advisories

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