themehunk Responsive Contact Form Builder & Lead Generation Plugin Shortcode do_shortcode code injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in themehunk Responsive Contact Form Builder & Lead Generation Plugin up to 1.9.1 on WordPress. The impacted element is the function do_shortcode of the component Shortcode Handler. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-4261. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in themehunk Responsive Contact Form Builder & Lead Generation Plugin up to 1.9.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function do_shortcode of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Responsive Contact Form Builder & Lead Generation Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.1. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

The weakness was published by Matthew Rollings. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4261 since 04/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/22/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• themehunk

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• Responsive Contact Form Builder & Lead Generation Plugin

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• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1

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