Auth bypass in Material Design For Contact Form 7 Project
CVE-2022-0404
The Material Design for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin through 2.6.4 does not check authorization or that the option mentioned in the notice param belongs to the plugin when processing requests to the cf7md_dismiss_notice action, allowing any logged in user (with roles as low as Subscriber) to set arbitrary options to true, potentially leading to Denial of Service by breaking the site.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Material_design_for_contact_form_7_project Material_design_for_contact_form_7
- Unknown Material Design For Contact Form 7 — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-0404?
- CVE-2022-0404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Material Design For Contact Form 7 Project, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-04-04.
- How severe is CVE-2022-0404?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-0404 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.