Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7 <= 5.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Update

8.8
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-2144
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published June 27, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Gibran Abdillah

Description

The Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the jvcf7 page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options, such as default role and users_can_register, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug jquery-validation-for-contact-form-7 (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.2
Patched Version
  • 5.3

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