CVE-2023-25449 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-25449: WordPress CformsII Plugin <=15.0.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Oliver Seidel, Bastian Germann

Product cformsII

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published June 15, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

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:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Oliver Seidel, Bastian Germann cformsII plugin <= 15.0.4 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

cformsII versions up to 15.0.4 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 site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data by exploiting an admin's browser session without their consent.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged in to the site and visit an attacker-controlled page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 15, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25449 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-2023-25449

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions