WordPress weForms plugin <= 1.6.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Priority LOW 38CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in weForms.This issue affects weForms: from n/a through 1.6.18.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00335 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-51524
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v8p9-qjc4-7jhh
References
More Weforms vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-14319 WeForms Wordpress Plugin 1.4.7 allows CSV injection via a form's entry. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-20236 WordPress weForms plugin <= 1.6.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-00352 weForms <= 1.6.21 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Referer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-27799 WordPress weForms Plugin <= 1.6.17 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2022-02211 weForms < 1.6.14 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-51524 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-51524 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v8p9-qjc4-7jhh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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