Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-0692 affects the MetForm WordPress plugin up to version 3.3.1. A logged-in low-privilege user, such as a subscriber, could view payment status information for arbitrary form submissions through a shortcode. This is a confidentiality issue, not a system takeover.
Executive priority
Treat this as a medium-priority privacy and trust issue. It should be remediated promptly on sites handling payments or customer submissions, especially where untrusted users can create accounts. It is less urgent than unauthenticated remote code execution or takeover vulnerabilities.
Technical view
The vulnerability is an authenticated information disclosure in the MetForm Elementor Contact Form Builder 'mf_payment_status' shortcode. The CVE maps to CWE-639, indicating an authorization weakness around user-controlled resource access. CVSS 3.1 is 4.3: network reachable, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, confidentiality impact only.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running MetForm version 3.3.1 or earlier with authenticated users. Risk increases where public registration, customer portals, memberships, or many subscriber accounts exist and payment-related form submissions are processed.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires an authenticated account with subscriber-level capability or higher. The reported impact is access to payment status information, not data modification or availability loss.
Researcher notes
Evidence supports an authenticated, low-privilege information disclosure tied to object-level authorization around payment status lookup. The bundle identifies affected versions up to 3.3.1 and references a WordPress.org changeset, but does not provide exploit activity evidence or detailed remediation text.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites using the MetForm plugin.
- Check vendor or WordPress plugin guidance for the corrected release.
- Update MetForm beyond affected versions where supported.
- Restrict unnecessary subscriber accounts and public registration.
- Disable affected forms or plugin functionality if exposure is unacceptable.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed MetForm versions are not 3.3.1 or earlier.
- Identify sites where subscribers or customers can authenticate.
- Review whether forms store payment status data.
- Check logs for unusual access to MetForm shortcode-rendered payment status pages.
- Confirm vendor change notes align with the deployed plugin version.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N2.81.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddd85ff2-6607-4ac8-b91c-88f6f2fa6c56?source=cveCVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/base/shortcode.php?rev=2845078CVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2910040/CVE reference
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CWE details
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Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.