Kali Forms: A security weakness
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
- Kali Forms
- Plugin slug
kali-forms- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 07, 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jun 07, 2023 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.
Patch or disable the affected component.
Update Kali Forms to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
Technical description
The Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authenticated Options Change in versions up to, and including, 2.1.1. This is due to the update_option lacking proper authentication checks. This makes it possible for any authenticated attacker to change (or delete) the plugin's settings.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N