Vulnerability · Published Dec 6, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-12027Message Filter for Contact Form 7 <= 1.6.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Filter Updates/Deletions
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Message Filter for Contact Form 7 from kofimokome. 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 27% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Message Filter for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the updateFilter() and deleteFilter() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update and delete filters.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kofimokome | Message Filter for Contact Form 7 | 0 – through 1.6.3 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5754d2eb-dd31-4056-8a02-8b71b78f774b?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-message-filter/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3203387/cf7-message-filter/trunk?contextall=1&old=3160303&old_path=%2Fcf7-message-filter%2Ftrunk