Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder Plugin
CVE-2023-2517

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Metform – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder For Elementor
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 July 2023

What is CVE-2023-2517?

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit Cross-Site Request Forgery due to improper nonce validation on the permalink_setup function. Attackers can manipulate a site's permalink structure by tricking an administrator into performing unintended actions. This vulnerability highlights the importance of correctly implementing nonce verification to enhance security against such attacks.

Affected Version(s)

MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 0 <= 3.3.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/metf...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
.