Contact Forms cforms 7.3 cforms-css.php undefined tm code injection ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability has been found in Contact Forms cforms 7.3 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function undefined of the file cforms-css.php. This manipulation of the argument tm causes code injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-0560. There is no available exploit. The presence of this vulnerability remains uncertain at this time.

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A vulnerability was found in Contact Forms cforms 7.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function undefined of the file cforms-css.php. The manipulation of the argument tm with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** DISPUTED ** PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in cforms-css.php in Oliver Seidel cforms (contactforms), a Wordpress plugin, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the tm parameter. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue for 7.3, since there is no tm parameter, and the code exits with a fatal error due to a call to an undefined function.

The weakness was presented 02/04/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0560 since 02/04/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. By approaching the search of inurl:cforms-css.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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (40143). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Contact Forms

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• cforms

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• 7.3

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