SB2023061430 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress
Published: June 14, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 vulnerabilities.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0695)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "mf" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0709)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "mf_last_name" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0710)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "fname" attribute of the "mf_thankyou" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
4) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0708)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "mf_first_name" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
5) CSV Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0721)
CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary code into CSV files.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary code into a CSV file.
6) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1843)
CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the authorization mechanisms.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing capability check on the permalink_setup function. A remote attacker can change the permalink structure.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/base/shortcode.php?rev=2845078
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c866d8d-399c-4bda-a3c9-17c7e5d2ffb8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25200656-a6a2-42f2-a607-26d4ff502cbf?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/89a98053-33c7-4e75-87a1-0f483a990641?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae7549db-9a4b-4dee-8023-d7863dc3b4c8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/core/entries/export.php?rev=2845078
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ccd85a72-1872-4c4f-8ba7-7f91b0b37d4a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/plugin.php#L544
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5db00eb6-3e05-42fa-bb84-2df4bcae3955?source=cve