CVE-2024-35742 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-35742: WordPress Easy Forms for Mailchimp plugin <= 6.9.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Code Parrots

Product Easy Forms for Mailchimp

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 10, 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 None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Code Parrots Easy Forms for Mailchimp.This issue affects Easy Forms for Mailchimp: from n/a through 6.9.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Easy Forms for Mailchimp versions up to 6.9.0 lack proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to disrupt the plugin's availability. An attacker can send requests over the network without authentication to trigger a denial-of-service condition. This affects sites using the plugin but does not expose sensitive data or allow unauthorized modifications.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Make the plugin unavailable or unresponsive by sending network requests without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Site visitors may experience degraded performance or unavailability of forms powered by this plugin.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

None. The attacker needs only network access; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 10, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35742 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-35742

CWE CWE-862

CVSS 5.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions