WordPress weForms plugin <= 1.6.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2024-06-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-56236

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in weForms.This issue affects weForms: from n/a through 1.6.18.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

weForms weForms 1.6.19

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-12)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

weForms weForms
weformspro weforms

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/weforms/wordpress-weforms-plugin-1-6-18-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-51524
NVD CVE-2023-51524

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Summary