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CVE-2023-45009

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45009 is an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability affecting Forge12 Interactive GmbH's Captcha/Honeypot for Contact Form 7, versions up to and including 1.11.3. This flaw allows for functionality bypass, rated as a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Forge12 Interactive GmbHCaptcha/Honeypot For Contact Form 7
>= n/a, <= 1.11.3CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patchstack.com / database/vulnerability/captcha-for-contact-form-7/wordpress-captcha-for-contact-form-7-plugin-1-11-3-capcha-bypass-vulnerability