nikolaystrikhar Gutenberg Forms Plugin up to 2.2.9 on WordPress upload unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in nikolaystrikhar Gutenberg Forms Plugin up to 2.2.9 on WordPress. This affects the function Upload. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-6313. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in nikolaystrikhar Gutenberg Forms Plugin up to 2.2.9 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Gutenberg Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to the users can specify the allowed file types in the 'upload' function in versions up to, and including, 2.2.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

The weakness was published by István Márton. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6313 since 06/25/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/10/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• nikolaystrikhar

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• Gutenberg Forms Plugin

Version

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9

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