6.5

CVE-2024-4144: wordpress simple-basic-contact-form Code Injection

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 14-05-2024Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-4144 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Code Injection vulnerability in wordpress simple-basic-contact-form. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 20240511.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Simple Basic Contact Form plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 20240502. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The severity and exploitability depends on the functionality of other plugins installed in the environment.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.66% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • simple-basic-contact-form≤ 20240502 (fixed in 20240511)
Wpkube1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links