123ContactForm for WordPress <= 1.5.6 — Arbitrary Post Creation
7d7da9c3-dc46-4c61-8737-052844939e93Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.5.6No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
123ContactForm for WordPress 123contactform-for-wordpress
- Affected≤ 1.5.6
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5.6. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under 123ContactForm for WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch 123ContactForm for WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rodrigo Escobar (ipax).
The 123ContactForm for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Post Creation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This is due to incorrect signature validation on the cfp_new_post function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary posts.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical9.8 | Arbitrary File Upload ≤1.5.6No patch available | — | |
| Critical9.8 | Validation Bypass via Plugin Verification ≤1.5.6No patch available | — |
- Critical9.8Arbitrary File Upload
≤1.5.6No patch available
- Critical9.8Validation Bypass via Plugin Verification
≤1.5.6No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.