Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Nonce Generation

Incorrect Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2021-24278
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	April 20, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Chloe Chamberland

Description

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, unauthenticated users can use the wpcf7r_get_nonce AJAX action to retrieve a valid nonce for any WordPress action/function.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wpcf7-redirect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.3.4
Patched Version	2.3.4

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