CVE-2023-5419 (GCVE-0-2023-5419)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-22 15:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:57
VLAI
Title
Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Missing Authorization to Test Email Sending
Summary
The Funnelforms Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fnsf_af2_test_mail function in versions up to, and including, 3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to send test emails to an arbitrary email address.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2253 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Credits
Alex Thomas
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