Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

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

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2021-24281

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Vulnerability Overview

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

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-2021-24281 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab8f8370-50bd-48c8-89e1-8b19b51f78b5

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

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

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