Kali Forms <= 2.1.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2020-36712
CVSS High (8.6)
Publicly Published August 21, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.1.1. This is due to the kaliforms_form_delete_uploaded_file function lacking any privilege or user protections. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete any site post or page with the id parameter.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug kali-forms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.2
Patched Version
  • 2.1.2
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