CVE-2023-2563
WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti <= 1.5.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via _accua_forms_form_edit_action
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Jun 13, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- May 6, 2023
Description
The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the function _accua_forms_form_edit_action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete forms created with this plugin via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Contact Forms by Cimatticimatti |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f80a1f13-c1b9-4259-8d96-71a3cbcaf4ca?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-forms/trunk/accua-forms.php#L738
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2924628%40contact-forms&new=2924628%40contact-forms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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