CVE-2024-13452
MEDIUMCVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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2Description
The Contact Form by Supsystic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.29. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a saveAsCopy function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Analysis
The Contact Form by Supsystic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.29. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical Context
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The Contact Form by Supsystic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.29. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a saveAsCopy function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected Products
See vendor advisory for affected versions.
Remediation
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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