CVE-2023-2517 Information

Description

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to and including 3.3.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the permalink_setup function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the permalink structure via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. While nonce verification is implemented verification only takes place when a nonce is provided.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Reference

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/plugin.php#L544 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2924362%40metform%2Ftrunk&old=2910040%40metform%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/metform/trunk?contextall=1&old=2896914&old_path=%2Fmetform%2Ftrunk https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca66afc3-a749-4ddc-8e2f-959f65cebd45?source=cve

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.4