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.
PoC
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: 0.64711
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.]+)"
# digest: 490a004630440220593ff1df0cb8161d6b6d6bfff6cc967562d03a4f6b426a5a060853a80d33789202201fbd54e29e0e2ae3769ac116dc3389d2e432bb6a4ab30abb2c527379110d4291:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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