CVE-2024-12255 | Accept Stripe Payments Using Contact Form 7 <= 2.5 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure

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The Accept Stripe Payments Using Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5 via the cf7sa-info.php file that returns phpinfo() data. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract configuration information that can be leveraged in another attack.

Published: 2024-12-12 Last update: 2025-07-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-12255 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-12255

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-12255

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.44% 0.49% +0.05%
2 2026-05-03 0.33% 0.44% +0.11%
3 2026-01-20 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-12255

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-12255

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-12255

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zealousweb accept_stripe_payments_using_contact_form_7 < 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:zealousweb:accept_stripe_payments_using_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-12255

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