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CVE-2024-1779: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 1.1.1) contains a vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-1779. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the zt_dcfcf_change_status() function, which was discovered and disclosed on February 23, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is characterized by a missing authorization check (CWE-862) in the zt_dcfcf_change_status() function. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify the message read status of messages within the Contact Form 7 plugin's admin side data storage. This unauthorized modification of data could potentially affect the message management system's integrity (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 1.1.1 of the Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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