Contact Form Generator : Creative form builder for WordPress <= 2.1.86 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2015-09-04 00:00
Joaquin Ramirez Martinez

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The Contact Form Generator : Creative form builder for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.1.86. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on cfg_forms page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify and create contact form fields, create and delete forms, create and modify templates, and inject Cross-Site Scripting payloads via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.5.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

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