Redirection for Contact Form 7: A security weakness
Redirection for Contact Form 7 is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Redirection for Contact Form 7
- Plugin slug
redirection-for-contact-form-7- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 14, 2021
This CVE was published May 14, 2021 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Redirection for 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
In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, unauthenticated users can use the wpcf7r_get_nonce AJAX action to retrieve a valid nonce for any WordPress action/function.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N