CVE-2024-49615
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the SafetyForms WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. When exploited, this CSRF vulnerability can lead to Blind SQL Injection, potentially compromising the WordPress database. This affects all WordPress sites running SafetyForms version 1.0.0 or earlier.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress SafetyForms plugin
📦 What is this software?
Safetyforms by Henriquerodrigues
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise allowing data theft, modification, or deletion; potential privilege escalation to WordPress administrator; possible site takeover.
Likely Case
Unauthorized database access leading to data exfiltration, user credential theft, or content manipulation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper CSRF protections and database permissions in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.1 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/safetymails-forms/wordpress-safetyforms-plugin-1-0-0-csrf-to-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find SafetyForms and update to latest version. 4. Verify update completes successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable SafetyForms Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate safetyforms
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd CSRF protection via web server configuration
# Add to .htaccess for Apache:
Header set X-Frame-Options "DENY"
Header set Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'none'"
# Add to nginx config:
add_header X-Frame-Options "DENY" always;
add_header Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'none'" always;
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove SafetyForms plugin completely and use alternative form solutions
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate WordPress admin interface
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → SafetyForms version. If version is 1.0.0 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get safetyforms --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify SafetyForms plugin version is 1.0.1 or later in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in WordPress database logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful admin login
- Unexpected plugin activation/deactivation events
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with suspicious parameters
- Requests containing SQL injection patterns like UNION, SELECT, INSERT
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("admin-ajax.php" AND ("union" OR "select" OR "insert" OR "update" OR "delete"))