Cross-site request forgery in WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti - CVE-2024-10521
Published: November 29, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101058
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cimatti Consulting
Affected software:
WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti
WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-10521
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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