# CVE-2023-23724: Cross-site request forgery in WP Email Capture

> Attackers can trick users into performing unintended actions in the WP Email Capture plugin, potentially modifying email capture settings.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 May 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6q62-hhr2-mfm6

## What is CVE-2023-23724?

CVE-2023-23724 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Winwar Media WP Email Capture, published on 23 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Winwar Media WP Email Capture plugin <= 3.9.3 versions.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23724?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Winwar Wp Email Capture.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23724?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23724 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Winwar Media WP Email Capture

- [CVE-2023-23723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23723/): Cross-site scripting in WP Email Capture (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-28421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28421/): WordPress WordPress Email Marketing Plugin – WP Email Capture Plugin <= 3.10 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23724 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23724 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Winwar Media WP Email Capture, published on 23 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Winwar Media WP Email Capture. 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-2023-23724/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23724/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23724
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23724
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23724

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23724/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.