CVE-2024-5309

Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms <= 1.4.12 - Missing Authorization in Multiple Functions

2024-09-04 00:00
Peter Thaleikis

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.4.13
Affected Plugin
Form Vibes – Save Contact Form 7 & Elementor Form Entries to Database
Affected Version
<= 1.4.12
CVSS
5.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-5309
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At a glance

CVE-2024-5309 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Form Vibes WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.4.12. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.13; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2024, reported by Peter Thaleikis.

Vulnerability Overview

The Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fv_export_csv, reset_settings, save_settings, save_columns_settings, get_analytics_data, get_event_logs_data, delete_submissions, and get_submissions functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform multiple unauthorized actions. NOTE: This vulnerability is partially fixed in version 1.4.12.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Form Vibes <= 1.4.12 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Form Vibes the fix is 1.4.13: builds <= 1.4.12 are affected, anything from 1.4.13 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.4.13, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Form Vibes 1.4.13 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5309https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aba88c4c-93a4-4c1c-b239-68b5fec87146https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5309

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