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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-41862
CVE-2023-41862:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability (CVE-2023-41862) affects WordPress VS Contact Form plugin versions 14.0 and earlier. This security issue was discovered on August 20, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on September 5, 2023. The vulnerability was fixed in version 14.1 of the plugin (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Authentication issue with a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low severity impact. The security flaw specifically involves a Sum Captcha Bypass vulnerability that affects unauthenticated users (Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by malicious actors to perform actions that should normally only be executable by higher privileged users. In some cases, this could lead to gaining admin access to the website, though the specific impact may vary case by case (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The recommended mitigation is to update the VS Contact Form plugin to version 14.1 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability. Users of Patchstack can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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