Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation

2024-02-19 00:00

Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.3.42

Affected PluginKali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder

Affected Version<= 2.3.41

CVSS7.6High

CVECVE-2024-1217

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Vulnerability Overview

The Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin deactivation due to a missing capability check on the await_plugin_deactivation function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.41. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to deactivate any active plugins.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.3.42, 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-2024-1217 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7be75b0a-737d-4f0d-b024-e207af4573cd

CVSS Vector

7.6

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityLow

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