CVE-2023-1405 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Formidable Forms WordPress plugin before 6.2 unserializes user input, which could allow anonymous users to perform PHP Object Injection when a suitable gadget is present.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Strategy11	Formidable Forms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:strategy11:formidable_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8c727a31-ff65-4472-8191-b1becc08192a/

History

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:56:18.763Z

Updated: 2025-06-11T17:08:21.790Z

Reserved: 2023-03-14T18:26:01.211Z

Link: CVE-2023-1405

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:10.326Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:10.717

Modified: 2025-06-11T17:15:31.233

Link: CVE-2023-1405

Redhat

No data.

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