What is CVE-2023-2517?

CVE-2023-2517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Roxnor Metform – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder For Elementor, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-2517?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2517 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Roxnor Metform – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder For Elementor

CVE-2023-2517

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.3.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the permalink_setup function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the permalink structure via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. While nonce verification is implemented, verification only takes place when a nonce is provided.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca66afc3-a749-4ddc-8e2f-959f6… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/plugin.php (Product)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/metform/trunk (Patch)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2517?: CVE-2023-2517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Roxnor Metform – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder For Elementor, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-2517?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2517 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.