CVE-2024-35747

Contact Form Builder, Contact Widget <= 2.1.7 - Authentication Request Bypass

2024-06-06 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: Contact Form Builder, Contact Widget
Affected Version: <= 2.1.7
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-307 · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
CVE: CVE-2024-35747

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At a glance

CVE-2024-35747 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in the Contact Form Builder, Contact Widget WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.1.7. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed June 2024, reported by Joshua Chan.

Vulnerability Overview

The Contact Form Builder, Contact Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting authentication attempts. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35747 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00ba5eae-668a-4452-9562-9f49b730daaa https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35747

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Contact Form Builder, Contact Widget

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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