Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder Plugin up to 1.7.3 on WordPress Setting authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder Plugin up to 1.7.3 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-23180. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder Plugin up to 1.7.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 doesn't have authorisation and nonce checks, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update and change various settings

The weakness was published 01/16/2024 by Yoru Oni. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-23180 since 01/12/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.7.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2670484 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at plugins.trac.wordpress.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder Plugin 1.7.4
Patch: 2670484

Timelineinfo

01/12/2022 🔍
01/16/2024 +734 days 🔍
01/16/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2025 +517 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 2670484
Researcher: Yoru Oni
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-23180 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-23180
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250900

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2024 18:31
Updated: 06/16/2025 20:29
Changes: 01/16/2024 18:31 (43), 02/06/2024 14:32 (1), 02/06/2024 14:37 (11), 06/16/2025 20:29 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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