# CVE-2023-51517: WordPress Calculated Fields Form Plugin <= 1.2.28 is vulnerable to Open Redirection

> An attacker can redirect users to malicious sites via the Calculated Fields Form plugin, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vq7f-4cc7-hx6q

## What is CVE-2023-51517?

CVE-2023-51517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CodePeople Calculated Fields Form, published on 29 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in CodePeople Calculated Fields Form.This issue affects Calculated Fields Form: from n/a through 1.2.28.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51517?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codepeople Calculated Fields Form.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-51517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51517 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-51517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CodePeople Calculated Fields Form

- [CVE-2024-2020](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2020/): Calculated Fields Form Professional <= 5.1.56 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-29759](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29759/): WordPress Calculated Fields Form plugin <= 1.2.54 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-0963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0963/): Calculated Fields Form <= 1.2.52 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2020-7228](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7228/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-12601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12601/): Calculated Fields Form <= 5.2.63 - Denial of Service (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-51517 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-51517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CodePeople Calculated Fields Form, published on 29 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CodePeople Calculated Fields Form. 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-2023-51517/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51517/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51517
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51517
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-51517

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51517/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.