devsoftbaltic SurveyJS Plugin up to 1.12.17 on WordPress wp-config.php SurveyJS_DeleteFile authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in devsoftbaltic SurveyJS Plugin up to 1.12.17 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function SurveyJS_DeleteFile of the file wp-config.php. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-12544. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in devsoftbaltic SurveyJS Plugin up to 1.12.17 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function SurveyJS_DeleteFile of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The SurveyJS: Drag & Drop WordPress Form Builder to create, style and embed multiple forms of any complexity plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to a missing capability check on the callback function of the SurveyJS_DeleteFile class in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.17. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). This function is still vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery as of 1.12.20.

The weakness was published by Thanh Nam Tran. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-12544 since 12/11/2024. 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 03/01/2025).

By approaching the search of inurl:wp-config.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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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• devsoftbaltic

Name

• SurveyJS Plugin

Version

• 1.12.0
• 1.12.1
• 1.12.2
• 1.12.3
• 1.12.4
• 1.12.5
• 1.12.6
• 1.12.7
• 1.12.8
• 1.12.9
• 1.12.10
• 1.12.11
• 1.12.12
• 1.12.13
• 1.12.14
• 1.12.15
• 1.12.16
• 1.12.17

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