Cross-site request forgery in WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU101058

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10521

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the process_bulk_action function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti: 1.9.0 - 1.9.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cimatti:contact-forms:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cimatti:contact-forms:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cimatti:contact-forms:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-forms/trunk/accua-forms-list-page.php#L154
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-forms/trunk/accua-forms-submissions-page.php#L348
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3196728/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-forms/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f86e8ccb-a865-4da5-9250-dd715b8cdbe7?source=cve

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.