WordPress VS Contact Form plugin <= 14.0 - Sum Captcha Bypass vulnerability

published 2024-12-13 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-46353

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

Weak Authentication vulnerability in Guido VS Contact Form allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects VS Contact Form: from n/a through 14.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Guido VS Contact Form 14.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-13)

Exploit prediction

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Guido VS Contact Form

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1390 Weak Authentication

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/very-simple-contact-form/vulnerability/wordpress-vs-contact-form-plugin-13-9-sum-ca
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-41862
NVD CVE-2023-41862

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Summary