CVE-2023-45068: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Supsystic Contact Form WordPress plugin, affecting versions 1.7.27 and earlier. The vulnerability was reported on October 3, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-45068. This security issue affects the Contact Form by Supsystic plugin, a WordPress extension for creating and managing contact forms (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) by NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assessed it with a CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack requires user interaction to be successful (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.7.28 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.7.28 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).