kaliforms Contact Form Builder with Drag & Drop Plugin up to 2.3.41 on WordPress Deactivation await_plugin_deactivation authorization

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in kaliforms Contact Form Builder with Drag & Drop Plugin up to 2.3.41 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function await_plugin_deactivation of the component Deactivation Handler. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-1217. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in kaliforms Contact Form Builder with Drag & Drop Plugin up to 2.3.41 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is the function await_plugin_deactivation of the component Deactivation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin deactivation due to a missing capability check on the await_plugin_deactivation function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.41. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to deactivate any active plugins.

The weakness was presented 02/21/2024 by Lucio Sá. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-1217 since 02/02/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/19/2025).

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• kaliforms

Name

• Contact Form Builder with Drag & Drop Plugin

Version

• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 2.3.8
• 2.3.9
• 2.3.10
• 2.3.11
• 2.3.12
• 2.3.13
• 2.3.14
• 2.3.15
• 2.3.16
• 2.3.17
• 2.3.18
• 2.3.19
• 2.3.20
• 2.3.21
• 2.3.22
• 2.3.23
• 2.3.24
• 2.3.25
• 2.3.26
• 2.3.27
• 2.3.28
• 2.3.29
• 2.3.30
• 2.3.31
• 2.3.32
• 2.3.33
• 2.3.34
• 2.3.35
• 2.3.36
• 2.3.37
• 2.3.38
• 2.3.39
• 2.3.40
• 2.3.41

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