# CVE-2023-0714: Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated Double-Extension Arbitrary File Upload

> Unauthenticated attackers can upload malicious files via double-extension bypass, potentially achieving remote code execution on affected WordPress sites.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rxpr-j8ph-2f3x

## What is CVE-2023-0714?

CVE-2023-0714 is a high-severity vulnerability in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor, published on 17 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload due to insufficient file type validation in versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This allows unauthenticated visitors to perform a "double extension" attack and upload files containing a malicious extension but ending with a benign extension, which may make remote code execution possible in some configurations.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0714?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmet Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0714?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0714 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0714 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor

- [CVE-2023-0721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0721/): Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 - Unauthenticated CSV Injection (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2022-1442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1442/): Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 2.1.3 - Sensitive Information Disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-0084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0084/): Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-0688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0688/): Information disclosure in MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-0693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0693/): Information disclosure in MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0714 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0714 is a high-severity vulnerability in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor, published on 17 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0714/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0714/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0714
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0714
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0714

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0714/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.