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

2024-06-06 00:00

Joshua Chan

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginContact Form Builder, Contact Widget

Affected Version<= 2.1.7

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-35747

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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

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. --- IDENTIFIER: 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.

External References

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

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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