# CVE-2022-0404: Material Design for Contact Form 7 <= 2.6.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Settings Update leading to DoS

> A missing authorization check in a WordPress plugin allows any logged-in user to modify arbitrary settings, potentially causing a Denial of Service.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x9r5-v7qg-53gg

## What is CVE-2022-0404?

CVE-2022-0404 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Material Design for Contact Form 7, published on 4 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Material Design for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin through 2.6.4 does not check authorization or that the option mentioned in the notice param belongs to the plugin when processing requests to the cf7md_dismiss_notice action, allowing any logged in user (with roles as low as Subscriber) to set arbitrary options to true, potentially leading to Denial of Service by breaking the site.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0404?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Material Design for Contact Form 7 Project Material Design for Contact Form 7.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0404?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0404 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0404 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0404 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0404 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Material Design for Contact Form 7, published on 4 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0404 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Material Design for Contact Form 7. 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-2022-0404/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0404/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0404
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0404
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0404

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0404/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.