Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 4.1.0 on WordPress resource injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 4.1.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in resource injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-6630. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 4.1.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-99. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 via the CF7_get_custom_field and CF7_get_current_user shortcodes due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher to access arbitrary metadata of any post type, referencing the post by id and the meta by key.

The weakness was released 01/10/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-6630 since 12/08/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/11/2026).

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource injection
CWE: CWE-99
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/08/2023 🔍
01/10/2024 +33 days 🔍
01/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2026 +822 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-6630 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6630
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250311

Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2024 17:22
Updated: 04/11/2026 15:26
Changes: 01/10/2024 17:22 (36), 01/28/2024 15:01 (1), 01/28/2024 15:05 (12), 04/11/2026 15:26 (28)
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