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

2024-11-05 09:02

Francesco Carlucci

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.5.1

Affected PluginContact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension

Affected Version<= 4.5

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-10084

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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

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.5.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

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

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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