What is CVE-2023-0816?

CVE-2023-0816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Strategy11 Formidable Form Builder, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-0816?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0816 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Strategy11 Formidable Form Builder

CVE-2023-0816

The Formidable Forms WordPress plugin before 6.1 uses several potentially untrusted headers to determine the IP address of the client, leading to IP Address spoofing and bypass of anti-spam protections.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Strategy11 Formidable_form_builder
Unknown Formidable Forms — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0816?: CVE-2023-0816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Strategy11 Formidable Form Builder, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-0816?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0816 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.