Encrypted Contact Form Plugin up to 1.0 on WordPress options-general.php iframe_url cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Encrypted Contact Form Plugin up to 1.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file wp-admin/options-general.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument iframe_url results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-4010. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Encrypted Contact Form Plugin up to 1.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file wp-admin/options-general.php. The manipulation of the argument iframe_url with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Encrypted Contact Form plugin before 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the iframe_url parameter in an Update Page action in the conformconf page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was presented 06/09/2015 by Nitin Venkatesh (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-4010 since 05/16/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/options-general.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37264) and SecurityFocus (BID 73433†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Encrypted Contact Form Plugin 1.1

Timelineinfo

05/15/2015 🔍
05/16/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/09/2015 +24 days 🔍
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06/10/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/24/2024 +3302 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 132209
Researcher: Nitin Venkatesh
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-4010 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4010
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75813
SecurityFocus: 73433 - WordPress Encrypted Contact Form Plugin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2015 10:20
Updated: 06/24/2024 10:11
Changes: 06/10/2015 10:20 (52), 04/05/2019 10:22 (8), 05/20/2022 18:35 (3), 06/24/2024 10:11 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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