# CVE-2023-5419: Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Missing Authorization to Test Email Sending

> Authenticated subscribers can send test emails to arbitrary addresses due to missing capability checks in the Funnelforms Free 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:** 22 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fmq6-2658-x7vm

## What is CVE-2023-5419?

CVE-2023-5419 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_af2_test_mail function in versions up to, and including, 3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to send test emails to an arbitrary email address.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5419?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Funnelforms Funnelforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5419?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5419 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5419 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5419 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5382/): Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Deletion (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-5386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5386/): Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Deletion (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-4950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4950/): Funnelforms Free < 3.4 Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-5383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5383/): Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Duplication (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2023-5385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5385/): Funnelforms Free <= 3.4 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Duplication (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5419 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5419 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5419 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Interactive Contact Form and Multi Step Form Builder with Drag & Drop Editor – Funnelforms Free. 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-2023-5419/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5419/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5419
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5419
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5419

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5419/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.