CVE-2023-1843 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2023-1843

Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 - Missing Authorization

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized permalink structure update due to a missing capability check on the permalink_setup function in versions up to, and including, 3.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the permalink structure.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Marco Wotschka

References

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Affected Vendor

roxnor

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Affected Software

MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 9th, 2023

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1531 Account Access Removal