CVE-2023-1843 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized permalink structure update due to a missing capability check on the permalink_setup function in versions up to, and including, 3.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the permalink structure.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00093.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpmet	Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmet:metform_elementor_contact_form_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-24045	The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized permalink structure update due to a missing capability check on the permalink_setup function in versions up to, and including, 3.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the permalink structure.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/plugin.php#L544
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5db00eb6-3e05-42fa-bb84-2df4bcae3955?source=cve

History

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-06-09T05:33:18.588Z

Updated: 2024-12-28T00:52:05.371Z

Reserved: 2023-04-04T19:51:47.391Z

Link: CVE-2023-1843

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:26.826Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-09T06:15:58.037

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:40:00.270

Link: CVE-2023-1843

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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