Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita: A security weakness
Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita 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
- Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita
- Plugin slug
lead-capturing-call-to-actions-by-vcita- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 31, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 31, 2025 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita 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 Form and Calls To Action by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the vcita_ajax_toggle_ae and vcita_ajax_toggle_contact functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enabled and disable widgets.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N