The Contact Form Entries plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9 when outputting to a CSV file. This allows low-level attackers to embed untrusted input contact forms that will be present in exported CSV files, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.
CVE-2022-3604 is a high severity with CVSS 7.2 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms. It affects Versions up to 1.2.9 and is fixed in 1.3.0.
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CVE-2022-3604 is tracked for the Plugin Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms as high severity with CVSS 7.2. The affected range is Versions up to 1.2.9. Update Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms to 1.3.0 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
contact-form-entries
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2022-3604 |
| Patched Versions |
1.3.0
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.2.9
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Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms <= 1.4.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via 'download_csv'
Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms <= 1.4.3 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion
Contact Form Entries <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via shortcode
Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms <= 1.3.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Contact Form Entries <= 1.3.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload
Contact Form Entries <= 1.1.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms <= 1.3.3 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
Contact Form Entries <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via vx-entries shortcode
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