Description

WordPress Plugin Smart Forms-when you need more than just a contact form is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently update arbitrary options (such as default_role and users_can_register). WordPress Plugin Smart Forms-when you need more than just a contact form version 2.6.84 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.6.85 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/smart-forms/smart-forms-2684-missing-authorization-to-authenticated-subscriber-arbitrary-options-update

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3008235/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass CWE-862 CVE-2023-49856