Guido VS Contact Form Plugin up to 14.0 on WordPress weak authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Guido VS Contact Form Plugin up to 14.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to weak authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-41862. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Guido VS Contact Form Plugin up to 14.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1390. The product uses an authentication mechanism to restrict access to specific users or identities, but the mechanism does not sufficiently prove that the claimed identity is correct. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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

The weakness was disclosed by Qilin_99. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-41862 since 09/04/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak authentication
CWE: CWE-1390
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/04/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Qilin_99
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-41862 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-41862
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-288347

Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2024 16:48
Changes: 12/13/2024 16:48 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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