Contact Form 7 โ€“ Dynamic Text Extension <= 4.1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference

4.3
Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-6630
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 10, 2024
Last Updated January 11, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The Contact Form 7 โ€“ Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 via the CF7_get_custom_field and CF7_get_current_user shortcodes due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher to access arbitrary metadata of any post type, referencing the post by id and the meta by key.

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Vulnerability Details for Contact Form 7 โ€“ Dynamic Text Extension

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.2.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.0
Patched Version
  • 4.2.0

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