CVE-2024-1217

Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation

Published: Feb 20, 2024Updated: Jan 19, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo

7.6HIGH

Description

The Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin deactivation due to a missing capability check on the await_plugin_deactivation function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.41. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to deactivate any active plugins.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:HIntegrity

High

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

wpchill

commercialaka wp chill

Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop BuilderOn-premCMS Plugin

Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin

kaliforms

commercial

contact form builderOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / site-builder

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7be75b0a-737d-4f0d-b024-e207af4573cd?source=cve

wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036466/kali-forms/trunk?contextall=1&old=3029334&old_path=%2Fkali-forms%2Ftrunk

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

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