Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-1843
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published May 4, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug metform (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.0
Patched Version
  • 3.3.2
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