Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms: A security weakness
Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms
- Plugin slug
contact-form-builder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 29, 2024
This CVE was published Feb 29, 2024 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin deactivation due to a missing capability check on the await_plugin_deactivation function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.41. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to deactivate any active plugins.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N