CVE-2024-1217

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 Plugin
Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder
Affected Version
<= 2.3.41
CVSS
7.6High
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-1217
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At a glance

CVE-2024-1217 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Kali Forms WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.3.41. It carries a CVSS score of 7.6 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity impact). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 2.3.42; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.

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

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. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 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 Kali Forms the fix is 2.3.42: builds <= 2.3.41 are affected, anything from 2.3.42 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.3.42, 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: Kali Forms 2.3.42 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1217https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7be75b0a-737d-4f0d-b024-e207af4573cdhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1217

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