Contact Form by WPForms <= 1.7.5.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Access via Path Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.8)
Publicly Published September 19, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Sybre Waaijer
Description

The Contact Form by WPForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via email template paths in versions up to, and including, 1.7.5.3. This allows administrator-level attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpforms-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.5.3
Patched Version
  • 1.7.5.5
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