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CVE-2017-20194· strategy11 / formidable form builder· CWE-200
Formidable Form Builder < 2.05.03 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure
mediumseverity
5.3CVSS score
1.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
67%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it
The Formidable Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.05.03 via the frm_forms_preview AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export all of the form entries for a given form.
Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can export all form entries, leading to potential data breaches and privacy violations.
Fix
Update to version 2.05.04 or later.
How to confirm it
Send: GET /wp-content/plugins/formidable/readme.txt
Positive when: compare_versions(version, "< 2.05.03") and contains(body, "Formidable Forms") and status_code == 200Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2017-20194 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2017-20194
info:
name: Formidable Form Builder < 2.05.03 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure
author: DhiyaneshDK
severity: medium
description: |
The Formidable Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.05.03 via the frm_forms_preview AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export all of the form entries for a given form.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can export all form entries, leading to potential data breaches and privacy violations.
remediation: |
Update to version 2.05.04 or later.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7600fe1-94e4-4e3e-a9a6-ff3589813715?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20194
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5.3
cve-id: CVE-2017-20194
cwe-id: CWE-200
epss-score: 0.01128
epss-percentile: 0.66619
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:strategy11:formidable_form_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: strategy11
product: formidable_form_builder
framework: wordpress
public-query: "/wp-content/plugins/formidable/"
tags: cve,cve2017,wpscan,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,formidable,passive,vkev,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-content/plugins/formidable/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'compare_versions(version, "< 2.05.03")'
- 'contains(body, "Formidable Forms")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
extractors:
- type: regex
name: version
part: body
group: 1
regex:
- "(?mi)Stable tag: ([0-9.]+)"References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7600fe1-94e4-4e3e-a9a6-ff3589813715?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20194
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