Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

4.3
Incorrect Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-24281
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 20, 2021
Last Updated January 29, 2023
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

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Vulnerability Details for Redirection for Contact Form 7

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpcf7-redirect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.3.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.3.4
Patched Version
  • 2.3.4

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