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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9700
CVE-2024-9700:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability (CVE-2024-9700) affecting all versions up to and including 1.36.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 30, 2024 (Wordfence Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the submit_quizzes() function due to missing validation on the 'entry_id' user-controlled key. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify other users' quiz submissions. The impact is primarily focused on the integrity of quiz data, as attackers can manipulate existing submission entries (Wordfence Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to version 1.36.1 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability. The patch can be found in the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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