Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation

2021-04-20 00:00

Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.3.4

Affected PluginRedirection for Contact Form 7

Affected Version< 2.3.4

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2021-24279

View all Redirection for Contact Form 7 vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, low level users, such as subscribers, could use the import_from_debug AJAX action to install any plugin from the WordPress repository.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.3.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24279 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ee6ffb3-9a4a-4564-bfef-116a12268c3c

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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