Contact Form Generator Plugin up to 2.0.1 on WordPress wp-admin/admin.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Contact Form Generator Plugin up to 2.0.1 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part of the file wp-admin/admin.php. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2015-6965. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Contact Form Generator Plugin up to 2.0.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file wp-admin/admin.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Contact Form Generator plugin 2.0.1 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create a field, (2) update a field, (3) delete a field, (4) create a form, (5) update a form, (6) delete a form, (7) create a template, (8) update a template, (9) delete a template, or (10) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted request to the cfg_forms page in wp-admin/admin.php.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6965 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by i0akiN SEC-LABORATORY and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin.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 Exploit-DB (38086). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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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
Author: i0akiN SEC-LABORATORY
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 133463
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6965 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6965
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77728
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2015 10:23
Updated: 02/11/2025 06:32
Changes: 09/17/2015 10:23 (42), 12/21/2017 10:37 (14), 06/15/2022 15:37 (3), 02/11/2025 06:32 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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