Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder <= 5.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Setting Manipulation

2024-05-17 19:02

Tobias Weißhaar (kun_19)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.1.17

Affected PluginFluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder

Affected Version<= 5.1.16

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2024-2782

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Vulnerability Overview

The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/fluentform/v1/global-settings REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.16. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify all of the plugin's settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.1.17, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2782 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0814e7b3-404a-4db5-b564-46c9086ec048

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

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

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