techjewel Contact Form Plugin Plugin up to 5.1.18 on WordPress MailChimp API Key verifyRequest improper authorization

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in techjewel Contact Form Plugin Plugin up to 5.1.18 on WordPress. This affects the function verifyRequest of the component MailChimp API Key Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-5053. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in techjewel Contact Form Plugin Plugin up to 5.1.18 on WordPress. This affects the function verifyRequest of the component MailChimp API Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Malichimp API key update due to an insufficient capability check on the verifyRequest function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.18. This makes it possible for Form Managers with a Subscriber-level access and above to modify the Mailchimp API key used for integration. At the same time, missing Mailchimp API key validation allows the redirect of the integration requests to the attacker-controlled server.

The weakness was presented by Tobias Weißhaar. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-5053 since 05/17/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/04/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

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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• techjewel

Name

• Contact Form Plugin Plugin

Version

• 5.1.0
• 5.1.1
• 5.1.2
• 5.1.3
• 5.1.4
• 5.1.5
• 5.1.6
• 5.1.7
• 5.1.8
• 5.1.9
• 5.1.10
• 5.1.11
• 5.1.12
• 5.1.13
• 5.1.14
• 5.1.15
• 5.1.16
• 5.1.17
• 5.1.18

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