What is CVE-2023-28494?

CVE-2023-28494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Contact Form Email, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-28494?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-28494 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Codepeople Contact Form Email

CVE-2023-28494

Missing Authorization vulnerability in CodePeople Contact Form Email allows Functionality Misuse.This issue affects Contact Form Email: from n/a through 1.3.31.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2024-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/contact-form-to-email/wordpress-contact-f… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28494?: CVE-2023-28494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Contact Form Email, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-28494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-28494 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.