CVE-2023-2563
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin was found to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-2563. This security flaw affects versions up to and including 1.5.7 of the plugin, specifically in the _accua_forms_form_edit_action functionality (Wordfence Intel).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity level. The attack vector is characterized as Network (N), with low attack complexity (L), requiring no privileges (PR), and user interaction (UI) is required. The scope is unchanged (U), with potential impact limited to integrity (I:L), while confidentiality (C:N) and availability (A:N) are not affected (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to perform unauthorized actions through CSRF attacks, potentially manipulating form settings or content when a legitimate administrator accesses malicious content while authenticated (Wordfence Intel).

Mitigation and workarounds

Website administrators running the affected versions of the WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin should update to the latest version that includes patches for this vulnerability (Wordfence Intel).

Additional resources


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