# CVE-2023-47757: WordPress AWeber Plugin <= 7.3.9 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

> Attackers can bypass access controls and perform unauthorized actions via CSRF in the AWeber WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q344-5vf7-24vx

## What is CVE-2023-47757?

CVE-2023-47757 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth, published on 17 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in AWeber AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs, Cross-Site Request Forgery.This issue affects AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth: from n/a through 7.3.9.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47757?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Aweber Aweber.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47757?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47757 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47757 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47757 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth

- [CVE-2024-13313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13313/): AWeber <= 7.3.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47757 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47757 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth, published on 17 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47757 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AWeber – Free Sign Up Form and Landing Page Builder Plugin for Lead Generation and Email Newsletter Growth. 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-2023-47757/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47757/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47757
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47757
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47757

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47757/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.