CVE-2023-5417 (GCVE-0-2023-5417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-22 15:33
Modified
2026-04-08 16:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Summary
The Funnelforms Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fnsf_update_category function in versions up to, and including, 3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to modify the Funnelforms category for a given post ID.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| funnelforms | Interactive Contact Form and Multi Step Form Builder with Drag & Drop Editor – Funnelforms Free |
Version: 0 ≤ 3.4 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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