krishaweb Contact Form 7 Email Add On Plugin up to 1.9 on WordPress cf7_email_add_on_add_admin_template filename control

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in krishaweb Contact Form 7 Email Add On Plugin up to 1.9 on WordPress. This affects the function cf7_email_add_on_add_admin_template. Such manipulation leads to filename control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-10898. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in krishaweb Contact Form 7 Email Add On Plugin up to 1.9 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function cf7_email_add_on_add_admin_template. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a filename control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-98. The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in "require," "include," or similar functions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Contact Form 7 Email Add on plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.9 via the cf7_email_add_on_add_admin_template() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where php files can be uploaded and included.

The weakness was shared by Ngocanh Le. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-10898 since 11/05/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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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• krishaweb

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• Contact Form 7 Email Add On Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9

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