CVE-2026-48835: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Awesomemotive Contact Form by WPForms
CVE-2026-48835 is a high severity vulnerability in the Contact Form by WPForms plugin by Awesomemotive. It involves unauthenticated broken access control (CWE-862) affecting versions up to 1.10.0.4. The vulnerability allows unauthorized users to perform actions that should require authorization, potentially leading to high impact on integrity. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently confirmed.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability is an unauthenticated broken access control issue in Contact Form by WPForms versions up to 1.10.0.4. It allows attackers without any privileges to bypass authorization controls, impacting the integrity of the application. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass access controls, potentially modifying or injecting unauthorized data or actions within the Contact Form by WPForms plugin. This impacts the integrity of the system but does not affect confidentiality or availability according to the CVSS vector. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, consider restricting access to the affected plugin or disabling it if feasible to reduce exposure.
CVE-2026-48835: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Awesomemotive Contact Form by WPForms
Description
CVE-2026-48835 is a high severity vulnerability in the Contact Form by WPForms plugin by Awesomemotive. It involves unauthenticated broken access control (CWE-862) affecting versions up to 1.10.0.4. The vulnerability allows unauthorized users to perform actions that should require authorization, potentially leading to high impact on integrity. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently confirmed.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is an unauthenticated broken access control issue in Contact Form by WPForms versions up to 1.10.0.4. It allows attackers without any privileges to bypass authorization controls, impacting the integrity of the application. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass access controls, potentially modifying or injecting unauthorized data or actions within the Contact Form by WPForms plugin. This impacts the integrity of the system but does not affect confidentiality or availability according to the CVSS vector. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, consider restricting access to the affected plugin or disabling it if feasible to reduce exposure.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-25T14:28:27.466Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a3061600b89be688893d829
Added to database: 6/15/2026, 8:32:32 PM
Last enriched: 6/15/2026, 9:15:39 PM
Last updated: 6/16/2026, 4:59:58 AM
Views: 2
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