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CVE-2021-42361

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42361 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Contact Form Email WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.3.24. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input validation in the 'name' parameter, allows attackers with administrative privileges to inject malicious web scripts, particularly impacting multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), the vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:contact_form_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 4,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
PatchThird Party Advisory
wordfence.com / vulnerability-advisories
Third Party Advisory