Design for Contact Form 7 Style WordPress Plugin – CF7 WOW Styler <= 1.6.4 - Missing Authorization via Several AJAX Action

2024-05-09 00:00
Dhabaleshwar Das

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The Design for Contact Form 7 Style WordPress Plugin – CF7 WOW Styler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to missing capability checks on several functions in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform several unauthorized actions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

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