PT-2024-12998 · WordPress · Very Simple Contact Form+1

Qilin_99 · Published 2024-12-13 · Updated 2024-12-17 · CVE-2023-41862

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Very Simple Contact Form plugin versions prior to 13.9 VS Contact Form versions prior to 14.0

Description The issue affects the Very Simple Contact Form plugin for WordPress, allowing a CAPTCHA bypass due to a Weak Authentication vulnerability. This enables Authentication Abuse. Users are urged to update to the latest version to mitigate risks.

Recommendations For Very Simple Contact Form plugin versions prior to 13.9, update to the latest version to secure your site. For VS Contact Form versions prior to 14.0, update to the latest version to protect against Authentication Abuse.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1390

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-41862

Affected Products

Contact Form

Very Simple Contact Form

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41862 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868887428926255284 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868887438321418386 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868525485975584820 · Twitter Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/very-simple-contact-form/vulnerability/wordpress-vs-contact-form-plugin-13-9-sum-captcha-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1867908522576343229 · Twitter Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/very-simple-contact-form/vulnerability/wordpress-vs-contact-form-plugin-13-9-sum-captcha-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868525493043007677 · Twitter Post