Vulnerability · Published May 16, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-2528Contact Form by Supsystic <= 1.7.24 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via AJAX action
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Contact Form by Supsystic from supsysticcom. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Contact Form by Supsystic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.7.24. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the AJAX action handler. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute AJAX actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| supsysticcom | Contact Form by Supsystic | 0 – through 1.7.24 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c387b07-baf6-4c62-943e-4bd121160ceb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-by-supsystic/trunk/classes/frame.php?rev=2777737#L297
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-by-supsystic/trunk/classes/frame.php?rev=2912584#L230