Custom Contact Forms <= 5.1.0.3 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published September 17, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marc-Alexandre Montpas
Description

The Custom Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to missing capability checks on admin_init() function called via an 'init' hook in versions before 5.1.0.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download and modify the database of the affected site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-contact-forms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1.0.4
Patched Version
  • 5.1.0.4
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