Vulnerability · Published Nov 19, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-11038WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup <= 1.7.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-severity code injection in WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click from wpbean. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpbean | WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click | 0 – through 1.7.5 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7faa800-3b29-4b79-8b94-1e7985acb50d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/tags/1.7.4/includes/class.ajax.php#L34
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188864/
- https://gist.github.com/wpbean/1a5abfea883621b4e150eab1362a420f