CVE-2023-6220 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Piotnet Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in the 'piotnetforms_ajax_form_builder' function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.26. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06258.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Piotnet	Piotnet Forms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:piotnet:piotnet_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/piotnetforms/tags/1.0.26/inc/forms/ajax-form-builder.php#L430
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af2b7eac-a3f5-408f-b139-643e70b3f27a?source=cve

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-01-11T08:32:51.372Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:09:14.990Z

Reserved: 2023-11-20T17:36:06.242Z

Link: CVE-2023-6220

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:18.014Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T09:15:47.883

Modified: 2025-06-03T14:15:36.930

Link: CVE-2023-6220

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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