CVE-2024-34754
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedExposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in A WP Life Contact Form Widget.This issue affects Contact Form Widget: from n/a through 1.3.9.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA sensitive information exposure vulnerability in the A WP Life Contact Form Widget plugin allows unauthenticated actors to access sensitive data through the plugin's contact form functionality. The specific nature of the exposed data is not detailed in available sources, but CVSS 5.3 indicates the exposure is limited in scope.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify A WP Life Contact Form Widget is installedAccess your WordPress site via FTP or file manager and navigate to /wp-content/plugins/ directory. Look for a folder named 'a-wp-life-contact-form-widget' or similar variant containing 'wp-life' and 'contact-form'. Alternatively, check via WordPress admin panel under Plugins > Installed Plugins.Affected if The plugin folder exists in the plugins directory.
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Determine the installed plugin versionIf the plugin folder exists, open the main PHP file (usually named similar to the folder or 'index.php') and locate the plugin header comment containing 'Version: x.x.x' information. Alternatively, check the version in WordPress admin Plugins list.Affected if You cannot determine the version OR the version is older than the latest patched version available in the WordPress plugin repository.
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Confirm contact form endpoint is publicly accessibleNavigate to any page where the contact form widget is embedded (typically URLs containing '/contact/', '/contact-form/', or the page slug where the widget was added). Attempt to access the form submission endpoint via POST request to verify it accepts unauthenticated submissions.Affected if The contact form is publicly reachable and accepts form submissions without authentication.
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Inspect server access logs for suspicious requestsReview web server access logs (Apache error.log, Nginx access.log) for repeated or bulk POST requests to the contact form endpoint, especially from unfamiliar IP addresses or with unusual payload patterns suggesting data exfiltration attempts.Affected if Logs show unusual access patterns to the contact form functionality from external sources.
If the plugin is installed, publicly exposing a contact form, and running a version older than the latest patched version available, the environment is likely affected by this sensitive information exposure vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to the latest available version if a patch exists, or remove the plugin if no fix is available. Review server logs and any potentially exposed data for indicators of compromise.
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