WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti <= 1.5.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via _accua_forms_form_edit_action
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the function _accua_forms_form_edit_action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete forms created with this plugin via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cimatti Consulting | Contact Forms by Cimatti | up to 1.5.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Contact Forms by Cimatti VendorCimatti Consulting Affected up to 1.5.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cimatti:contact_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 1.5.7 | Vulnerable | Cimatti Consulting |
- cpe:2.3:a:cimatti:contact_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.5.7 Vulnerable ·Cimatti Consulting
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2563
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2hvx-9r8j-qvph
References
More Cimatti Consulting Contact Forms vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-07026 WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti < 1.4.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-2563 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2563 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2hvx-9r8j-qvph · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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