# CVE-2012-10010: BestWebSoft Contact Form contact_form.php cntctfrm_settings_page cross-site request forgery

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into modifying contact form settings via cross-site request forgery in BestWebSoft Contact Form.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g973-76wm-xpmw

## What is CVE-2012-10010?

CVE-2012-10010 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BestWebSoft Contact Form, published on 9 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in BestWebSoft Contact Form 3.21. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function cntctfrm_settings_page of the file contact_form.php. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 3.22 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 8398d96ff0fe45ec9267d7259961c2ef89ed8005. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-225321 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-10010?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bestwebsoft Contact Form.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-10010?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-10010 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-10010 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-10010 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in BestWebSoft Contact Form

- [CVE-2024-2200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2200/): Contact Form by BestWebSoft <= 4.2.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via cntctfrm_contact_subject (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-7481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7481/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-7475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7475/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2015-9295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9295/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2016-10869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10869/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-10010 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-10010 is a medium-severity vulnerability in BestWebSoft Contact Form, published on 9 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-10010 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: BestWebSoft Contact Form. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-10010/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-10010/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-10010
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-10010
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-10010

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