Contact Form 7 Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks < 1.1.6 - Arbitrary Plugin Activation via CSRF
CVE-2023-0484

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Contact Form 7 Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 March 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Contact Form 7 Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

Affected Version(s)

Contact Form 7 Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks 0 < 1.1.6

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-0484 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e61fb245-0d7f-42b0-9b96-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
WPScan
.