CVE-2023-24419 HIGH

CVE-2023-24419: WordPress Formidable Forms Plugin <= 5.5.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Strategy11 Form Builder Team

Product Formidable Forms

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published February 28, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Strategy11 Form Builder Team Formidable Forms plugin <= 5.5.6 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Formidable Forms versions up to 5.5.6 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the form builder without the admin's knowledge or consent. This can result in data loss or site disruption.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in admin into performing unwanted actions on forms, causing data loss or site disruption.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins could unknowingly delete forms, modify settings, or lose form data if tricked into visiting a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must visit attacker's webpage while logged into the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 28, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24419 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-24419

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 7.1 / HIGH

Affected versions