Custom Skins Contact Form 7: A security weakness
Custom Skins Contact Form 7 is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Custom Skins Contact Form 7
- Plugin slug
custom-skins-contact-form-7- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 12, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 12, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Custom Skins Contact Form 7 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 Custom Skins Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'cf7cs_action_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the content of any post and create new skins.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N