WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-3870 Deferred

Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7: Sensitive information exposure

Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 is affected by sensitive information exposure. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7
Plugin slug
contact-form-cfdb7
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 02, 2024
Weakness
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published May 02, 2024 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 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.

Source record

Technical description

The Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6.8 via the cfdb7_before_send_mail function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data, such as Personally Identifiable Information, from files uploaded by users.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources