CVE-2023-5417 Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Missing Authorization to Category Update

What is CVE-2023-5417?

CVE-2023-5417 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Interactive Contact Form and Multi Step Form Builder with Drag & Drop Editor – Funnelforms Free, published on 22 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Funnelforms Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fnsf_update_category function in versions up to, and including, 3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to modify the Funnelforms category for a given post ID.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5417?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Funnelforms Funnelforms.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5417?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5417 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-5417 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Interactive Contact Form and Multi Step Form Builder with Drag & Drop Editor – Funnelforms Free

• CVE-2023-5382 Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Deletion Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-5386 Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Deletion Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-4950 Funnelforms Free < 3.4 Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.1
• CVE-2023-5383 Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Duplication Medium 4.3
• CVE-2023-5385 Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Duplication Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-m2j7-px25-h5hj.