# CVE-2023-7203: Smart Forms < 2.6.87 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Entry Deletion

> Subscribers can delete form entries due to missing authorization checks in AJAX actions, and CSRF flaws allow attackers to force logged-in users to perform these deletions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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:** 27 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5q3g-vh9g-mjh9

## What is CVE-2023-7203?

CVE-2023-7203 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Smart Forms, published on 27 Feb 2024. 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

The Smart Forms WordPress plugin before 2.6.87 does not have authorisation in various AJAX actions, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to call them and perform unauthorised actions such as deleting entries. The plugin also lacks CSRF checks in some places which could allow attackers to make logged in users perform unwanted actions via CSRF attacks such as deleting entries.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7203?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rednao Smart Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-7203?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-7203 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-7203 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Smart Forms

- [CVE-2019-5924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5924/): Cross-site request forgery in Smart Forms (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-49856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49856/): WordPress Smart Forms plugin <= 2.6.84 - Authenticated Arbitrary Options Change Vulnerability (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-1307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1307/): Smart Forms < 2.6.94 - Subscriber+ Edit Entries via Broken Access Control (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-0163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0163/): Smart Forms < 2.6.71 - Subscriber+ Form Data Download (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-1905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1905/): Smart Forms < 2.6.96 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7203 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-7203 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Smart Forms, published on 27 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-7203 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Smart Forms. 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-2023-7203/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7203/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7203
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7203
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7203

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7203/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.