CVE-2023-45009 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Forge12 Interactive GmbH Captcha/Honeypot for Contact Form 7 allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Captcha/Honeypot for Contact Form 7: from n/a through 1.11.3.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00256.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

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Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-49331	Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Forge12 Interactive GmbH Captcha/Honeypot for Contact Form 7 allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Captcha/Honeypot for Contact Form 7: from n/a through 1.11.3.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 1.11.4 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/captcha-for-contact-form-7/wordpress-captcha-for-contact-form-7-plugin-1-11-3-capcha-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00071}`	epss `{'score': 0.00185}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-06-04T09:06:09.589Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:14:18.371Z

Reserved: 2023-10-02T10:33:37.984Z

Link: CVE-2023-45009

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:14:18.371Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-06-04T09:15:09.043

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:26:13.703

Link: CVE-2023-45009

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:31:10Z

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