CVE-2022-0404 (GCVE-0-2022-0404)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-04 15:35 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:25
VLAI
Title
Material Design for Contact Form 7 <= 2.6.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Settings Update leading to DoS
Summary
The Material Design for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin through 2.6.4 does not check authorization or that the option mentioned in the notice param belongs to the plugin when processing requests to the cf7md_dismiss_notice action, allowing any logged in user (with roles as low as Subscriber) to set arbitrary options to true, potentially leading to Denial of Service by breaking the site.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6d0932bb-d515-44… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Material Design for Contact Form 7 Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.6.4 (custom)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając WPScan
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