Ninja Forms Contact Form <= 3.4.33 - Authenticated SendWP Plugin Installation and Client Secret Key Disclosure

2021-02-16 00:00

Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.4.34

Affected PluginNinja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You

Affected Version< 3.4.34

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2021-24163

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Vulnerability Overview

The AJAX action, wp_ajax_ninja_forms_sendwp_remote_install_handler, did not have a capability check on it, nor did it have any nonce protection, therefore making it possible for low-level users, such as subscribers, to install and activate the SendWP Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress WordPress plugin before 3.4.34 and retrieve the client_secret key needed to establish the SendWP connection while also installing the SendWP plugin.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.4.34, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24163 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25b94c05-87c5-44fb-90d5-6c65d035dba6

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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