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CVE-2023-0484: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Contact Form 7 Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks WordPress plugin before version 1.1.6 contained a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-0484. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on February 28, 2023, affecting the ht-contactform plugin (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the plugin's lack of CSRF protection when activating plugins. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity) and is classified under CWE-352. The vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A2: Broken Authentication and Session Management (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to make logged-in administrators activate arbitrary plugins that are present on the WordPress blog through a CSRF attack. This could potentially lead to unauthorized plugin activation and subsequent security implications depending on the activated plugins (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.1.6 of the Contact Form 7 Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to protect against this security issue (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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