Contact Form with Captcha Plugin up to 1.6.2 on WordPress ~/cfwc-form.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contact Form with Captcha Plugin up to 1.6.2 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file ~/cfwc-form.php. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-42358. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contact Form with Captcha Plugin up to 1.6.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file ~/cfwc-form.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.

The weakness was shared 11/30/2021. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-42358 since 10/14/2021. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

By approaching the search of inurl:~/cfwc-form.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at plugins.trac.wordpress.org.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Timelineinfo

10/14/2021 🔍
11/30/2021 +47 days 🔍
11/30/2021 +0 days 🔍
12/02/2021 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-42358 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-42358
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-187324

Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2021 08:52
Updated: 12/02/2021 20:14
Changes: 11/30/2021 08:52 (50), 12/02/2021 20:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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