ishankportfolio: Stored Contact Form Submission Exposure via Public Client-Side Database Configuration
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.0.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
ishankportfolio is a portfolio website. Prior to version 1.0.1, contact form submissions could potentially be exposed due to improperly secured client-side database configuration and insufficient access control policies. Applications using publicly exposed database credentials or permissive database rules may allow unauthorised users to read, modify, or abuse stored form submission data. This could impact personally identifiable information (PII) submitted through the website contact form, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and messages. The issue has been patched in version 1.0.1. Users unable to upgrade immediately can reduce risk by disabling public read/write database access, rotating exposed API keys, restricting database policies to authenticated requests only, moving sensitive operations to secure backend/serverless functions, and/or monitoring database activity logs for suspicious access.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Ishankjha740 ishankportfolio
fixed in 1.0.1