CVE-2024-10084

Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension <= 4.5 - Information Disclosure via Shortcode

2024-11-05 09:02

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.5.1
Affected Plugin: DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7
Affected Version: <= 4.5
CVSS: 4.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2024-10084

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At a glance

CVE-2024-10084 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the DTX WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.5. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 4.5.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2024, reported by Francesco Carlucci.

Vulnerability Overview

The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 4.5 via the CF7_get_post_var shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract the titles and text contents of private and password-protected posts, they do not own.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in DTX <= 4.5 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For DTX the fix is 4.5.1: builds <= 4.5 are affected, anything from 4.5.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.5.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: DTX 4.5.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10084 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e051a83e-ad5a-4789-bfee-e03aa9d6a3fc https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10084

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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