Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft <= 1.7.0 — Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via cntctfrmtdb_department
CVE-2023-29096Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-89 SQL Injection
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft – Messages Database Plugin For WordPress contact-form-to-db
- Affected≤ 1.7.0
- Patched in1.7.1
Update to 1.7.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.0. Version 1.7.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft – Messages Database Plugin For WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.7.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft – Messages Database Plugin For WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to easyBug.
The Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the cntctfrmtdb_department parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.7.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers , with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.7.6No patch available | CVE-2026-39745 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via cntctfrm_contact_dropdown Parameter ≤1.7.5Update to 1.7.6 | CVE-2026-13359 | |
| Critical9.9 | Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection ≤1.7.2Update to 1.7.3 | CVE-2024-35678 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 's' ≤1.7.1Update to 1.7.2 | CVE-2023-36508 | |
| Medium6.1 | Multiple Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1 | — |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.7.6No patch available
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via cntctfrm_contact_dropdown Parameter
≤1.7.5Update to 1.7.6
- Critical9.9Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection
≤1.7.2Update to 1.7.3
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 's'
≤1.7.1Update to 1.7.2
- Medium6.1Multiple Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1
Same weakness (SQL Injection)
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- 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.
