WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2021-24689 Modified

Contact Forms - Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder: Filesystem traversal

Contact Forms - Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder is affected by filesystem traversal. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.

CVE / CNA score 4.9 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 4.9 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Contact Forms - Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder
Plugin slug
contact-form
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 28, 2022
Weakness
CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

This CVE was published Feb 28, 2022 and is one of 20 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Contact Forms - Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 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 Forms - Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder WordPress plugin through 1.0.5 allows high privilege users to download arbitrary files from the web server via a path traversal attack

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

Primary and upstream sources