Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.2.1 - reCaptcha Protection Bypass

2023-03-02 00:00

Mohammed El Amin, Chemouri

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.2.2

Affected PluginMetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor

Affected Version<= 3.2.1

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-0085

View all MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to reCaptcha Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This is due to insufficient server side checking on the captcha value submitted during a form submission. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass Captcha restrictions and for attackers to utilize bots to submit forms.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.2.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0085 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69527d4b-49b6-47cd-93b6-39350f881ec9

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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