Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form <= 2.1.0 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2014-8803
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published November 6, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kacper Szurek
Description

The Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the rednao_smart_forms_save_form_values function in versions up to, and including, 2.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to edit forms, including entering stored cross-site scripting, as output is not properly escaped.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug smart-forms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.0
Patched Version
  • 2.1.1
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