WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Advanced Contact form 7 DB < 1.8.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion
Description
The plugin does not have authorisation nor CSRF checks in the acf7_db_edit_scr_file_delete AJAX action, and does not validate the file to be deleted, allowing any authenticated user to delete arbitrary files on the web server. For example, removing the wp-config.php allows attackers to trigger WordPress setup again, gain administrator privileges and execute arbitrary code or display arbitrary content to the users.
Note: 1.8.3 added capability and CSRF checks, path traversal fully fixed in 1.8.7
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-02-22 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-02-22 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-10 (about 3 years ago)