CVE-2023-41862 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-41862: WordPress VS Contact Form plugin <= 14.0 - Sum Captcha Bypass vulnerability

Vendor Guido

Product VS Contact Form

Weakness CWE-1390

Published December 13, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Weak Authentication vulnerability in Guido VS Contact Form allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects VS Contact Form: from n/a through 14.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

VS Contact Form through version 14.0 contains an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker on the network can read sensitive data without authentication or user interaction. The vulnerability exposes limited confidential information from the contact form component. Site administrators should update to a version newer than 14.0 when available.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the contact form without authentication.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Visitor or user data submitted through contact forms may be exposed to unauthenticated attackers.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 13, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41862 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1390.html AskarLabs — CWE-1390 write-up Weak Authentication

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