WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Redirection for Contact Form 7 < 2.3.4 - Unprotected AJAX Actions

Description

In the plugin, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the various AJAX actions in the plugin to do a variety of things. For example, an attacker could use wpcf7r_reset_settings to reset the plugin’s settings, wpcf7r_add_action to add actions to a form, and more.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wpcf7-redirect
Fixed in 2.3.4

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24282
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-redirection-for-contact-form-7-plugin/

Classification

Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-284
CVSS
5.0 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Chloe Chamberland
Submitter
Chloe
Submitter website
https://wordfence.com
Submitter twitter
infosecchloe
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
def87e69-bade-431b-b101-d463a26406e9

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-04-20 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2021-04-20 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-04-21 (about 3 years ago)

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