PT-2023-17275 · WordPress · Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-06-09 · Updated 2023-06-16 · CVE-2023-1843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.3.0

Description The issue allows unauthorized updates to the permalink structure due to a missing capability check on the permalink setup function. This enables unauthenticated attackers to change the permalink structure.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.3.0, update to a version higher than 3.3.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1843

Affected Products

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/plugin.php#L544 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1843 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5db00eb6-3e05-42fa-bb84-2df4bcae3955?source=cve · Note