Contact Form Email <= 1.3.31 - Missing Authorization to Feedback Submission

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-28494
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 16, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The Contact Form Email for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized feedback submission due to a missing capability check on the cpcfte_feedback function in versions up to, and including, 1.3.31. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to submit plugin feedback on the site owner's behalf.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug contact-form-to-email (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.31
Patched Version
  • 1.3.32
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