CVE-2021-24689: unknown contact forms – drag & drop contact form builder Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-24689 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Path Traversal vulnerability in unknown contact forms – drag & drop contact form builder. EPSS estimates a 1.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 28-02-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Contact Forms - Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder WordPress plugin through 1.0.5 allows high privilege users to download arbitrary files from the web server via a path traversal attack

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.