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CVE-2021-24281 (GCVE-0-2021-24281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-14 11:38 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28

Title

Redirection for Contact Form 7 < 2.3.4 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Summary

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

WPScan CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2018 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/severe-vul…	x_refsource_MISC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/daf12b85-f5ad-42…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Query Solutions	Redirection for Contact Form 7	Affected: 2.3.4 , < 2.3.4 (custom)	guessed

Credits

Chloe Chamberland

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CNVD-2021-36047

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2021-05-20

Title

WordPress Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin访问控制不当漏洞

Description

WordPress是WordPress（Wordpress）基金会的一套使用PHP语言开发的博客平台。该平台支持在PHP和MySQL的服务器上架设个人博客网站。 WordPress Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin 2.3.4之前版本存在访问控制不当漏洞。攻击者可借助delete_action_post AJAX 操作利用该漏洞删除目标站点上的任意帖子。

Severity

中

Patch Name

WordPress Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin访问控制不当漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/daf12b85-f5ad-4261-ab39-be6840ad3cdc

Reference

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24281

Impacted products

Name
WordPress Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin < 2.3.4

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FKIE_CVE-2021-24281

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-05-14 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

References

URL	Tags
contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/daf12b85-f5ad-4261-ab39-be6840ad3cdc	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
contact@wpscan.com	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-redirection-for-contact-form-7-plugin/	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/daf12b85-f5ad-4261-ab39-be6840ad3cdc	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-redirection-for-contact-form-7-plugin/	Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	querysol	redirection_for_contact_form_7	*

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GHSA-4G2V-W6W3-CWHP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:02 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:02

Details

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

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  "details": "In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.",
  "id": "GHSA-4g2v-w6w3-cwhp",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:02:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:02:28Z",
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    },
    {
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    }
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}

GSD-2021-24281

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

Details

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

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CVE-2021-24281

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CVE-2021-24281

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