CVE-2023-0085 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to reCaptcha Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This is due to insufficient server side checking on the captcha value submitted during a form submission. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass Captcha restrictions and for attackers to utilize bots to submit forms.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpmet	Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmet:metform_elementor_contact_form_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2868889%40metform&new=2868889%40metform&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://wordpress.org/plugins/metform/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69527d4b-49b6-47cd-93b6-39350f881ec9

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-03-02T16:01:14.196Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T17:03:00.273Z

Reserved: 2023-01-05T14:15:05.476Z

Link: CVE-2023-0085

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:42.994Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-02T17:15:09.957

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:36:31.517

Link: CVE-2023-0085

Redhat

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