Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Advanced Contact Form 7 DB (Advanced CF7 DB)

In a separate post we discuss in more detail at vague claims made that there has been a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the plugin Advanced Contact Form 7 DB (Advanced CF7 DB). Patchstack claimed that a vulnerability of that type was fixed in version 1.8.8, but the details provided only state:

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This post provides insights on a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Advanced CF7 DB not discovered by us, where the discoverer hadn't provided the details needed for us to confirm the vulnerability while we were adding it to the data set for our service, so the rest of its contents are limited to subscribers of our service.

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