Live Preview for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.0 - Missing Authorization via update_option

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2023-47830
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	November 16, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	thiennv

Description

The Live Preview for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin option update due to a missing capability check on the update_option function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to update the plugin's options.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	cf7-live-preview (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.2.0
Patched Version

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