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A vulnerability was found in Contact Form Generator Plugin up to 2.0.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file wp-admin/admin.php. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6965. The attack may be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in Contact Form Generator Plugin up to 2.0.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file wp-admin/admin.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Contact Form Generator plugin 2.0.1 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create a field, (2) update a field, (3) delete a field, (4) create a form, (5) update a form, (6) delete a form, (7) create a template, (8) update a template, (9) delete a template, or (10) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted request to the cfg_forms page in wp-admin/admin.php.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6965 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by i0akiN SEC-LABORATORY and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (38086). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Contact Form Generator Plugin

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• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1

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