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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-31212
CVE-2023-31212:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The CVE-2023-31212 is a SQL Injection vulnerability affecting CRM Perks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, and Elementor forms contact-form-entries plugin versions up to 1.3.0. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Rafie Muhammad, with public disclosure on May 22, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (SQL Injection) with CWE-89. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).
Impact
The SQL Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to directly interact with the database, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information, modification of database contents, and possible compromise of the WordPress installation (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.3.1 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remediate the security issue (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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