view submission functionality in the Hotscot Contact Form: SQL injection
view submission functionality in the Hotscot Contact Form is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- view submission functionality in the Hotscot Contact Form
- Plugin slug
contact-form- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 07, 2022
This CVE was published Mar 07, 2022 and is one of 20 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update view submission functionality in the Hotscot Contact Form 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 view submission functionality in the Hotscot Contact Form WordPress plugin before 1.3 makes a get request with the sub_id parameter which not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H