CVE-2023-2701 — The Gravity Forms WordPress plugin before 2

The Gravity Forms WordPress plugin before 2.7.5 does not escape generated URLs before outputting them in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high-privileged users such as admin.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Gravity Forms WordPress plugin before 2.7.5 does not escape generated URLs before outputting them in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high-privileged users such as admin.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	gravityforms	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-07-17T13:30:00.715Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-30T13:59:16.682Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/298fbe34-62c2-4e56-9bdb-90da570c5bbe