CVE-2023-47693
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Themefic Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7 ultimate-addons-for-contact-form-7 allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7: from n/a through <= 3.2.6.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in Themefic Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7 plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to access functionality that should require proper capability checks. The plugin fails to enforce access control on certain endpoints or actions, enabling attackers to exploit incorrectly configured security levels.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify plugin installationCheck the WordPress plugins directory at /wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'ultimate-addons-for-contact-form-7' or search for 'Themefic' in the plugins list via wp-admin > PluginsAffected if Plugin folder or entry not found in WordPress installation
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Determine installed versionOpen the plugin file /wp-content/plugins/ultimate-addons-for-contact-form-7/ultimate-addons-for-contact-form-7.php and locate the 'Version:' header in the plugin comments, or view the version in wp-admin > Plugins > Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7Affected if Version number cannot be determined or is not visible
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Compare version to fixed releaseCompare the installed version number to 3.2.7 - any version below 3.2.7 (such as 3.2.6, 3.2.5, 3.2.4, etc.) is affectedAffected if Installed version is 3.2.6 or earlier
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Confirm plugin statusCheck in WordPress admin under Plugins that the Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7 shows as 'Active'Affected if Plugin is active and version is 3.2.6 or earlier
The environment is affected if the Themefic Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7 plugin is installed, active, and running version 3.2.6 or earlier.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade to version 3.2.7 or later which contains proper authorization checks. If immediate upgrade is not possible, disable the plugin until patched.
Version 3.2.7 or later
- Update Themefic Ultimate Addons for Contact Form 7 plugin to version 3.2.7 or later
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-47693 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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